- Totally revised and updated throughout, reflecting contemporary surgical issues, techniques, and practices.
- 50% more questions, approximately 1,100 questions and answers in all covering every area of general surgery and its main subspecialties.
- Approximately 100 figures (halftones, line drawings), from the parent textbook that illustrate key learning points and an index to help the reader identify specific content quickly.
- Chapters cover both clinical and relevant basic science of each area of surgery.
- Answers at the end of each chapter, permitting easy test taking and self-assessment.
- Coverage of general surgery, as well as oncology, transplantation, gastrointestinal disease, vascular surgery, cardiac disorders, neurosurgery, plastic and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, urology, and many other surgical specialties.
- Each question is referenced to Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 17th Edition, for fast access to additional information on any given topic.
- An excellent resource for residents (for in-service training exams, qualifying and certifying exams, and various specialty board reviews) as well as practicing surgeons (recertification exams) and medical students (USMLE and surgery course exams).
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