Popular pocket 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-fireQ&A format. A double-column layout is featured with bookmark provided to cover the right side pages' answers while looking at the left sidde 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 a easily carried tool for board review. Contains updated content, with newly added select power reviews, plus includes 25 new illustrations.

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