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9780071464314

General Surgery ABSITE and Board Review

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  • ISBN13:

    9780071464314

  • ISBN10:

    007146431X

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-08-30
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange
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Summary

Why waste time guessing at what you need to know for the ABSITE and surgery board exam? Maximize your exam preparation time with this quick-hit question and answer review. The unique question and single-answer format eliminates the guesswork associated with traditional multiple-choice Q&A reviews and reinforces only the correct answers you'll need to know on exam day. Emphasis is placed on distilling key facts and clinical pearls essential for exam success. Great for in-service exams, certification and re-certification, this high-yield review for the boards is the perfect compliment to larger texts for intense, streamlined review in the days and weeks before your exam.

Author Biography

Matthew J. Blecha, MD works in the Department of Surgery at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Andrew Brown is an Emergency Medicine physician at St. Catherine's Hospital in East Chicago, Indiana.

Table of Contents

GENERAL PRINCIPLES PEARLS

WOUND HEALING AND NUTRITION PEARLS

ANESTHESIA PEARLS

CRITICAL CARE, SHOCK, FLUIDS AND ELECTROLYTES PEARLS

HEAD, NECK AND ENT PEARLS

ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, DUODENUM AND GI PHYSIOLOGY PEARLS

APPENDIX AND INGUINAL HERNIAS PEARLS

CARDIAC SURGERY PEARLS

VASCULAR SURGERY PEARLS

CHEST WALL, LUNG, PLEURA AND MEDIASTINUM PEARLS

LIVER, GALLBLADDER, PANCREAS AND SPLEEN PEARLS

SMALL INTESTINE, COLON, RECTUM AND ANUS PEARLS

INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS AND SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS PEARLS

ABDOMINAL WALL, OMENTUM, MESENTARY AND RETROPERITONEUM PEARLS

ADRENAL, PITUITARY AND HYPOTHALAMUS PEARLS

THYROID AND PARATHYROID PEARLS

TRAUMA AND BURN PEARLS

ORTHOPEDIC AND HAND SURGERY PEARLS

BREAST PEARLS

PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY PEARLS

NEUROSURGERY PEARLS

GENITOURINARY PEARLS

PEDIATRIC SURGERY PEARLS

GYNECOLOGY PEARLS

HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY PEARLS

IMMUNOLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION PEARLS

AMPUTATION PEARLS

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