General Surgery Board Review

by Gold, Michael S.; Scher, Larry A.; Weinberg, Gerard

• ISBN13: 9780397518517
• ISBN10: 039751851X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Now in its thoroughly revised, updated Third Edition, this study guide is an indispensable aid for surgical residents and general surgeons preparing for the American Board of Surgery's certification and recertification examinations. The text is based on the material covered in a Surgical Board Review course given annually by the Department of Surgery of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center.The Third Edition provides a current, concise, methodical review of all areas covered in the exams--both general surgery and all surgical subspecialties. Sample questions and answers are included to facilitate review and increase understanding. Many new questions in this edition cover the most recent developments in surgical science and practice.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix	(4)
Preface	xiii	(1)
Acknowledgments	xiv
1. Diseases of the Esophagus	1	(13)
Gil Hauer Santos
2. Stomach and Duodenum	14	(13)
Michael E. Zenilman
3. Diseases of the Small Bowel	27	(12)
Stephen A. Michalski
Gerard Weinberg
4. Diseases of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus	39	(15)
Lawrence S. Bizer
5. Diseases of the Biliary Tract	54	(11)
Michael S. Gold
Marek Rudnicki
6. Aspects of Liver Surgery	65	(14)
W. John B. Hodgson
Tito Gorski
7. Surgical Diseases of the Pancreas	79	(10)
Michael S. Gold
Marek Rudnicki
8. Peripheral Arterial Disease	89	(15)
Larry A. Scher
Steven G. Friedman
Russell H. Samson
9. Venous and Lymphatic Disease	104	(8)
Russell H. Samson
Larry A. Scher
10. Diseases of the Breast	112	(10)
Sam Lan
11. Principles of Surgical Oncology	122	(11)
Ronald N. Kaleya
12. Benign Gynecologic Disorders	133	(7)
Vicki L. Seltzer
13. Gynecologic Malignancy	140	(15)
Vicki L. Seltzer
14. Pediatric Surgery	155	(20)
Gerard Weinberg
15. Trauma	175	(13)
Ronald J. Simon
16. Transplantation	188	(27)
Dean Kim
Stuart Greenstein
Richard S. Schechner
Vivian A. Tellis
17. Pituitary and Adrenal Gland Surgery	215	(8)
Michael Coomaraswamy
18. Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery	223	(6)
Sanford Dubner
Keith S. Heller
Michael Coomaraswamy
19. Head and Neck Tumors	229	(22)
Carl E. Silver
Brigid K. Glackin
Francis J. Velez
Helen H. Kim
20. Thoracic Surgery	251	(15)
Gil Hauer Santos
21. Cardiac Surgery	266	(29)
Michael H. Hall
Sheel K. Vatsia
22. Management of Burns	295	(22)
Steven A. Blau
23. Surgical Critical Care	317	(28)
Steven A. Blau
24. Radiology of the Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas	345	(28)
Shelley Nan Weiner
25. Melanoma, Sarcoma, Lymphoma	373	(18)
Ronald N. Kaleya
26. Neurosurgery	391	(22)
James T. Goodrich
David F. Jimenez
27. Anesthesia	413	(15)
Elizabeth A.M. Frost
Mosses Bairamian
28. Orthopedic Surgery	428	(22)
Neil J. Cobelli
Andrew Stein
29. Selected Principles of Plastic Surgery	450	(10)
Robert D. Goldstein
Bruce Greenstein
Robert Bibi
30. Urologic Surgery	460	(15)
Peter L. Stone
31. Surgical Nutrition	475	(19)
Steven A. Blau
32. Surgical Infection	494	(11)
H. David Stein
33. Minimally Invasive Surgery	505	(10)
Sylvain Kleinhaus
Index	515