1;Foreword;6 2;Preface;8 2.1;Unit I Methodological Approach to Surgical English;9 2.2;Unit II Surgical Grammar;9 3;Contents;9 3.1;Unit III Scientific Literature: Writing an Article;10 3.2;Unit IV Letters to Editors of Surgical Journals;11 3.3;Unit V Attending an International Surgical Course;11 3.4;Unit VI Presenting an Oral Communication in English;12 3.5;Unit VII Chairing a Surgical Session;12 3.6;Unit VIII Typical Mistakes That Surgeons Make When Speaking and Writing in English;13 3.7;Unit IX Latin and Greek Terminology;13 3.8;Unit X Acronyms and Abbreviations in Surgery and Medicine;13 3.9;Unit XI Glossary of Surgical Terms;13 3.10;Unit XII Surgical English by Surgical Specialty;14 3.11;Unit XIII Taking a Clinical History;14 3.12;Unit XIV Writing a Surgical Report, Describing a Surgical Technique, Dictating a Report Unit XV;14 3.13;Writing a Hospital Discharge Report;14 3.14;Unit XVI How to Write a Letter Requesting a Visit Unit XVII How to Write an International Curriculum;15 3.15;Vitae;15 3.16;Unit XVIII Surgical Instruments;15 3.17;Unit XIX Managing a Surgical Department;15 3.18;Unit XX Surgical Conversation Guide;16 3.19;Unit XXI Conversation Survival Guide;16 3.20;Unit XXII A Few W ords About Effective Communication;17 4;Contributors;18 5;Unit I Methodological Approach to Surgical English;19 5.1;Getting Started;19 6;Unit II Surgical Grammar;22 6.1;Tenses;22 6.2;Modal Verbs;33 6.3;Conditionals;39 6.4;Passive Voice;42 6.5;Reported Speech;45 6.6;Questions;49 6.7;Verb Patterns;50 6.8;Countable and Uncountable Nouns;54 6.9;Articles: A /An and The;55 6.10;Word Order;57 6.11;Relative Clauses;58 6.12;Adjectives;61 6.13;Prepositions;67 7;Unit III Scientific Literature: Writing an Article;74 7.1;Common Mistakes: An Example from the Real World;74 7.2;Preliminary Work;75 7.3;Article Header;76 7.4;Main Text;79 7.5;References;84 7.6;Additional Material;90 7.7;Final Tips;91 8;Unit IV Letters to Editors of Surgical Journals;93 8.1;Submission Letters;93 8.2;Re-submission Letters;95 8.3;Re-configuration Letters;96 8.4;Letters of Thanks for an Invitation to Publish an Article in a Journal;99 8.5;Asking About the Status of a Paper;100 8.6;Other Letters;101 8.7;In Summary;104 9;Unit V Attending an International Surgical Course;105 9.1;Introduction;105 9.2;Travel and Hotel Arrangements;106 9.3;Course Example;113 10;Unit VI Presenting an Oral Communication in English;118 10.1;Dos and Don'ts;118 10.2;Useful Sentences for Surgical Talks;121 10.3;The Dreaded Questions and Comments Section;123 11;Unit VII Chairing a Surgical Session;129 11.1;Common Comments;129 11.2;Should Chairpersons Ask Questions?;131 11.3;What the Chairperson Should Say When Something Goes Wrong;132 11.4;Specific Surgical ChairpersonÌs Comments;134 12;Unit VIII Typical Mistakes That Surgeons Make When Speaking and Writing in English;136 12.1;Misnomers and False Friends;136 12.2;Common Grammatical Mistakes;137 12.3;Common Spelling Mistakes;140 12.4;Common Pronunciation Mistakes;141 13;Unit IX Latin and Greek Terminology;145 13.1;Introduction;145 13.2;Plural Rules;147 13.3;List of Latin and Greek Terms and Their Plurals;148 14;Unit X Acronyms and Abbreviations in Surgery and Medicine;169 14.1;Introduction;169 14.2;Abbreviation Lists;172 14.3;Exercises: Common Sentences Containing Abbreviations;193 15;Unit XI Glossary of Surgical Terms;198 15.1;Glossary of Common Surgical Terms;198 15.2;Glossary of Abdominal Surgery Terms;199 15.3;Glossary of Cardiovascular Terms (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery);202 15.4;Glossary of Terms in Eye Surgery;210 15.5;Glossary of Gynecological Terms;212 15.6;Glossary of Neurosurgery Terms;214 15.7;Glossary of Plastic Surgery Terms;224 15.8;Glossary of Thoracic Surgery Terms;227 15.9;Glossary of Orthopedic Terms;236 15.10;Glossary of Urological Terms;241 15.11;Glossary of Vascular Surgery Terms;244 16;Unit XII Surgical English by Surgical Specialty;247 16.1;Cardiac Surgery;247 16.2;General and Abdominal Surgery;248 16.3;Gynecology and Obstetri