Current concepts in general surgery
Subtitle: a resident review
By: [edited by] William R. Wrightson
Series: Vademecum; Vademecum
Publisher: Landes Bioscience
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Georgetown, Tex
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9781423766612; 9781598759488
Subjects: Clinical Medicine; Operative Surgery; Methods; MEDICAL; Handbooks, manuals; General; Prosthesis; Signs and Symptoms; Handbooks; Surgery; Operative Surgical Procedures; Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures
Description: This book is designed to filter the medical minutia into an easy to read and follow text in General Surgery. As I went through my training in General Surgery, I found that as the in-service training exam approached I was never quite prepared. I just couldn't bring myself to read a 2000 page textbook the month before the exam. The Surgery Residents at the University of Louisville set out to develop a succinct and informed review for the in-training exam. We included the essential information needed to do well on the Board exam without overwhelming the reader. This book is written for residents b.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Basic physiology / Mary B. Carter and William R. Wrightson; title: Surgical immunology / Phillip T. Burch; title: Hemostasis / William R. Wrightson; title: Anesthesia / Brian R. Davis; title: Statistics / Robert C. Kanard; title: Wound healing / Robert I. Oliver; title: Critical care / William R. Wrightson; title: Surgical oncology / William R. Wrightson; title: Breast / Sara Elizabeth Snell; title: Esophagus / William R. Wrightson; title: Stomach and duodenum / Steven M. Girard; title: Small and large intestines / Steven R. Casos and William R. Wrightson; title: Liver / Dan N. Tran and William R. Wrightson; title: Biliary system / Alina D. Sholar and William R. Wrightson; title: Pancreas / William R. Wrightson; title: Hernias / Timothy K. Bullock; title: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) / Vincent C. Lusco; title: Vascular surgery / William R. Wrightson; title: Cardiothoracic surgery / William R. Wrightson; title: Endoscopy / C. Adam Conn and William R. Wrightson; title: Orthopaedic trauma / James C. Dodds and S. Matthew Rose; title: Head and neck surgery / Steven L. Goudy; title: Pediatric surgery / Monica S. Hall.