This handy, pocket-sized manual describes the most common cause, complication, manifestation, site, symptom or sign, or sex predilection of every major disease pertaining to surgery. The book incorporates this information into easy-to-use tables for a quick reference that is invaluable to students in their clinical rotations or in residency programs. Each table covers a particular topic (for example, AIDS) and consists of two columns: "Most Commons . . ." and "Answers and Explanations." Additionally, at the end of the table is a USMLE-style question with the corresponding answer and a brief explanation. Most Commons in Surgery covers all the topics pertinent to surgical clerkship or residency, including information on surgical subspecialties.

Features

Co-authored by a surgeon.
Covers a full range of surgical topics, including special surgeries: breast surgery, dermatologic surgery, urologic surgery, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery.
Features chapters grouped according to the major subject headings within surgery.
Organizes information within each chapter into tables corresponding to particular topics (for example, postoperative cardiorespiratory complications).
Provides USMLE-style questions with explained answers.
Pocket-sized for portability.

Contents

Preoperative Care and Operative Risk
Postoperative Care and Complications
Wound Healing
Fluids and Electrolytes
Burns
Bites and Stings
Trauma
Transplantation Surgery
Cardiovascular Surgery
Pulmonary and Mediastinal Surgery
Gastrointestinal Surgery
Endocrine Surgery
Breast Surgery
Dermatologic Surgery (Malignant Melanoma)
Urologic Surgery
Orthopedic Surgery
Neurosurgery