Learning Surgery

to Clinical Surgery in the Surgical Clerkship Setting.- Perioperative Care of the Surgery Patient.- Practicing Evidence-Based Surgery.- Nutrition Support in the Surgery Patient.- Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders in the Surgery Patient.- Surgical Critical Care.- Principles of Infection: Prevention and Treatment.- Shock.- Surgical Bleeding and Hemostasis.- Bioethical Principles and Clinical Decision Making.- Clerkship Survival Skills: Speed Reading and Successful Examination Strategies.- Management of Surgical Diseases During the Clerkship.- Head and Neck Lesions.- Swallowing Difficulty and Pain.- Hemoptysis, Cough, and Pulmonary Lesions.- Heart Murmurs: Congenital Heart Disease.- Heart Murmurs: Acquired Heart Disease.- Acute and Chronic Chest Pain.- Stroke.- Surgical Hypertension.- Breast Disease.- Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Abdominal Pain.- Abdominal Masses: Solid Organs and Gastrointestinal.- Abdominal Masses: Vascular.- Jaundice.- Colon and Rectum.- Perianal Complaints.- Groin Hernias and Masses, and Abdominal Hernias.- The Ischemic Lower Extremity.- The Swollen Leg.- Skin and Soft Tissues.- Trauma Fundamentals.- Evaluation and Management of Traumatic Brain Injury.- Musculoskeletal Injuries.- Burns.- Principles of Perioperative Care of the Pediatric Surgical Patient.- Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction.- Lower Urinary Tract Disorders.- Evaluation of Flank Pain.- Scrotal Disorders.- Transplantation of the Kidney.- Transplantation of the Pancreas.- Transplantation of the Liver.

From the reviews:



"This book includes two parts consisting of forty two chapters authored by experts from the USA. It covers core concepts and common problems of surgical practice. This textbook is dedicated to surgical trainees and general residents faced with occasional surgical problems. ... Overall, this book has a good quality text and some excellent key point algorithm treating general surgical problems and even specialized features as transplantation. ... this textbook should be recommended to surgical trainees and referring non-surgical-physicians." (Dr. V. Thill, Acta Chirurgica Belgica, Vol. 106 (1), 2006)

"This is a well-presented volume. There is a very good presentation of each chapter with objectives at the beginning and a clear summary at the end. It is nice that there are case presentations at the beginning of each chapter ... that keeps the reader interested. There is frequent use of diagrams and flow charts to convey management plans. ... It is a book to be referred to ... ." (Brian Rees, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Vol. 89, March, 2007)