Nutrition screening and assessment / Sara Smith -- Nutritional considerations prior to surgery / Oonagh Griffin -- Prehabilitation programmes and their impact on surgical outcomes / Helen McNamara -- Enhanced recovery after surgery / Neil Bibby, Rebekah Lord, Ashleigh Maske -- Surgical terminology and pre-operative considerations -- a guide for non-surgeons / Rajiv Lahiri -- Operating on the malnourished patient / Katy O'Rourke, Chris Jones -- Nutritional management of the surgical patient in critical care / Nárbhla Donnelly, Anne Langan -- Nutritional management of patients undergoing head and neck cancer surgery / Cathy Skea -- Cardiothoracic surgery and nutrition / Rupal Patel, Ann-Marie Nixon -- Nutritional management in oesophago-gastric surgery / Charles Rayner, Fiona Huddy -- Endoscopic procedures and their implications for nutrition / John S Leeds -- Nutritional management of pancreatitis / Mary E Phillips -- Pancreatic resection and nutrition / Alessandro Parente, Sarah Powell-Brett and Keith Roberts -- Nutrition and liver resection / Nabeel Merali, Adam Frampton -- Nutritional management of the urological surgical patient / Greg J Nason , W Abou Chedid , Mathhew JA Perry M, Krishna Patil -- Nutrition in colorectal surgery / Mary E Phillips, Jeremy R Huddy -- Nutritional management of gynaecological cancer patients / Thanuya Mahendran, Maria Ashworth, Mary E Phillips, Jayanta Chatterjee -- Major trauma and surgery / Jennifer Wetherden, Evanna Leavy -- Bowel obstruction and dysfunction in benign and malignant disease / Lindsey Allan, Naomi Westran -- Intestinal failure and rehabilitation / Alison Culkin -- Nutritional biochemistry in the post-operative patient / Callum Livingstone -- Test yourself.