Minor surgery is part of the everyday practice of many doctors, with procedures such as lancing of abcesses or skin-tag removal increasingly carried out in a community setting. This full-colour atlas presents the 30 or so most common minor surgical procedures undertaken by the general practitioner, junior hospital doctor or surgeon. An introductory section describes the basic principles and equipment needed. For each procedure, brief text outlines the pathology, diagnosis, surgical principles and potential complications, accompanied by colour photographs illustrating the technique.