'Essentials of General Surgery, 4th Edition and Essentials of Surgical Specialties, 3rd edition Set

by Peter F. Lawrence

Essentials of General Surgery, Fourth Edition is extensively revised with an abundance of new tables and illustrations, to provide the most current and up-to-date information on general surgery. Dr. Lawrence covers the most need-to-know information about specific diseases and areas of surgery and meets all the guidelines of the Association of Surgical Educators. Additional features include an atlas of images, multiple-choice questions, and case studies. Essentials of Surgical Specialties, Third Edition provides students with exactly what they need to learn and retain the clinical foundations in surgical specialties. Organized by specialty, the book explains the basic skills needed in nine core rotations and prepares students for their clerkship. More than 200 illustrations demonstrate relevant anatomy and common surgical approaches. This edition provides updated information on treatment options, imaging modalities, operative techniques, laparoscopic and robotic surgery, surgical devices and products, and postoperative care. Multiple-choice questions have been expanded and rewritten to NMBE format. Both resources are available in a convenient package for surgical students. A multiple-choice question bank and an image bank will be available online at thePoint.

Genres: Medicine, Medical, Nonfiction, Reference

Paperback

First published June 1, 1988

Reviews

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally!!!

I love surgery so obviously the least rating I could give to a book in this field is 3.

I started this book when I didn't need to read anything about surgery in med-school and I was so slow in reading it then. but now I'm near my surgery exam and finally finished it. Well not completely, I skipped some parts I didn't feel I like them.

It's not a "principle of" surgery like Schwartz and nothing near it, it is "essentials of " general surgery.

It has much less diagrams than Schwartz, less pictures, less procedures and managements.

But it is written in a very simple way and is good for theoretically getting whole idea of subjects.

The e-book I had was for 2019 and had both book 1 and 2 combined.

As a quick recap, It's not very complete but not very complicated neither.

[Sarvenaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

the first textbook i started on my general surgery rotation and the first i finished!
in my opinion it's just an overview and "essentials" compared to Sabiston (which took me well beyond my exam to finish)

6th edition

[Baraa Qudah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read some of this book 2 years ago , and this year on the surgery rotation I read other chapters , so i read most of the chapters .

This book explains topics very well , at the preface they said that the aim of this book to help medical students even who are not interested in surgery ( like me ) to get well understanding of the diseases and surgical knowledge that is of value to any physician , and that was the case here .

Chapters take much time to read , but no regret , it makes you understand stuffs better ,

Use this book early , decide which chapters you are interested to know , and use your lecture notes for the university rotation.

[Guille · Rating 5 out of 5]

Muy buen libro biobliografico sobre la vida de Lister. Muy recomendado para los amantes de la historia de la medicina