Surgical Recall

by Blackbourne, Lorne H.

• ISBN13: 9780781729734
• ISBN10: 0781729734
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-30
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Popular pocket book in its Third Edition is made to accompany third and fourth year medical students on surgical clerkships. This reference enables for quick study and easy access in a rapid-fire Q&A format. A double-column layout is featured with bookmark provided to cover the right side pages' answers while looking at the left side pages' questions. A perfect fit for a lab coat pocket, this book is commonly used as a quick review prior to surgical rounds as well as an easily carried tool for board review. Contains updated content, with newly added select power reviews, plus includes 25 new illustrations.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Preface	xiii
SECTION I. OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND SURGICAL INFORMATION	1	(186)
Introduction	3	(30)
Preparing for the Surgery Clerkship	3	(4)
Surgical Notes	7	(6)
Common Abbreviations You Should Know	13	(6)
Glossary of Surgical Terms You Should Know	19	(7)
Surgery Signs, Triads, Etc. You Should Know	26	(7)
Surgical Syndromes	33	(3)
Surgical Most Commons	36	(2)
Surgical Percentages	38	(2)
Surgical History	40	(2)
Surgical Instruments	42	(11)
Sutures and Stitches	53	(7)
Surgical Knot Tying	60	(5)
Incisions	65	(6)
Surgical Positions	71	(2)
Surgery Speak	73	(2)
Preoperative 101	75	(2)
Surgical Operations You Should Know	77	(10)
Wounds, Drains, and Tubes	87	(10)
Surgical Anatomy Pearls	97	(4)
Fluids and Electrolytes	101	(14)
Blood and Blood Products	115	(5)
Surgical Hemostasis	120	(2)
Common Surgical Medications	122	(7)
Complications	129	(16)
Common Causes of Ward Emergencies	145	(2)
Surgical Nutrition	147	(5)
Shock	152	(5)
Surgical Infection	157	(10)
Fever	167	(2)
Surgical Prophylaxis	169	(2)
Surgical Radiology	171	(7)
Anesthesia	178	(6)
Surgical Ulcers	184	(1)
Surgical Oncology	185	(2)
SECTION II. GENERAL SURGERY	187	(300)
GI Hormones and Physiology	189	(5)
Acute Abdomen and Referred Pain	194	(6)
Hernias	200	(13)
Laparoscopy	213	(3)
Trauma	216	(18)
Burns	234	(7)
Upper GI Bleeding	241	(16)
The Stomach	257	(7)
Bariatric Surgery	264	(2)
Ostomies	266	(3)
Small Intestine	269	(7)
The Appendix	276	(8)
Carcinoid Tumors	284	(4)
Fistulas	288	(5)
Colon and Rectum	293	(16)
The Anus	309	(7)
Lower GI Bleeding	316	(4)
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis	320	(7)
Liver	327	(11)
Portal Hypertension	338	(7)
Biliary Tract	345	(16)
Pancreas	361	(16)
The Breast	377	(18)
Endocrine	395	(16)
Thyroid Gland	411	(13)
Parathyroid	424	(6)
Spleen and Splenectomy	430	(5)
Surgically Correctable HTN	435	(1)
Soft Tissue Sarcomas and Lymphomas	436	(5)
Skin Lesions	441	(3)
Melanoma	444	(6)
Surgical Intensive Care	450	(12)
Vascular Surgery	462	(25)
SECTION III. SUBSPECIALTY SURGERY	487	(227)
Pediatric Surgery	489	(49)
Plastic Surgery	538	(11)
Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery	549	(32)
Thoracic Surgery	581	(25)
Cardiovascular Surgery	606	(22)
Transplant Surgery	628	(16)
Orthopaedic Surgery	644	(25)
Neurosurgery	669	(21)
Urology	690	(20)
Ophthalmology	710	(4)
Figure Credits	714	(1)
Index	715