The first edition of this "Emergency Surgery-Handbook" provides a brief and useful account of emergency surgical disorders' essential features. This book is handy for interns, residents, and casualties medical officers as they can refer to this accessible book not to miss the diagnosis. This concise book cannot replace the well-established textbooks, but it gives a clinician sufficient information to manage the emergency.

The book covers basic principles and provides essential information on the diagnosis and management of acute surgical conditions and wound care, fluids management, sutures, and antibiotics. It also includes how to minimize post-operative wound dehiscence (10 Pearls of Wound Closure) along with pre-operative and post-operative care. The text covers the field of general surgery and covers the basic needs of the undergraduate as far as the surgical specialties are concerned. This handbook covers newer topics like abdominal compartment syndrome, Emergency Diagnostic laparoscopy in acute abdomen.

This book has defined Pearls of wound closure to minimize post-operative wound dehiscence which is a deadly complication and affect the physical and mental health of patients as well as of operative surgeon as said by Moshe Schein "There are few things more embarrassing to a surgeon than the sight of his recently operated patient, his abdomen gaping, and the gut spilling out all around."