Farquharson’s Textbook of Operative General Surgery, Eleventh Edition continues its legacy as the definitive guide to the principles and practice of general surgery. This trusted textbook provides junior trainees with the essential surgical skills needed for foundational training, while also delivering the comprehensive subspecialty knowledge required for higher surgical education.
The book takes a whole-patient approach, emphasizing that surgical trainees must understand the broader context of care, and that even experienced surgeons may need to operate outside their primary area of specialization.
While today’s surgeons in training are not expected to perform unfamiliar operations without supervision, emergencies and trauma often cross subspecialty boundaries. In such situations, both trainee and experienced surgeons may be required to manage conditions outside their usual scope. With this reality in mind, each expert contributor presents core principles applicable to general surgeons, and the editors have refined the content to bridge the gap between general and specialist surgical practice.
In many regions worldwide, General Surgery remains an all-encompassing discipline. Surgeons working in rural or resource-limited settings may be the only specialists available, sometimes performing procedures in related fields such as orthopaedics, neurosurgery, urology, and obstetrics. For these contexts, Farquharson’s includes guidance on selected procedures from other surgical specialties—emphasizing practical, achievable approaches suited to challenging environments rather than highly specialized techniques.
Concise, comprehensive, and globally relevant, the Eleventh Edition of Farquharson’s Textbook of Operative General Surgery remains an indispensable resource for general surgeons at every stage of their career—from those beginning surgical training to established practitioners seeking a trusted reference in operative care.
