Schwartz's Principles of Surgery ABSITE and Board Review

by Brunicardi, Dana K. Andersen, Timothy R. Billiar

Trust your ABSITE and board preparation to the only review based on the field's cornerstone text: "Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 9e"

4 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW!
"It will be particularly helpful to those in general surgery training programs, to general surgeons facing their board exams or recertification exams, and to all those subspecialty trained surgeons who must first qualify in general surgery and maintain their certification....This is a really high-quality review book."--"Doody's Review Service"

Featuring chapters that correspond directly to the classic "Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 9e," this powerful review delivers more than 1,100 questions that are likely to appear on the American Board of Surgery in-training exam and the surgery board exam.

Developed by some of the top minds in modern surgery, these board-style questions provide the most current, authoritative perspectives on surgical practice. Each question is accompanied by answers and comprehension-building rationales, ensuring a complete understanding of the material. Featuring more tables and figures than any previous edition, "Schwartz's Principles of Surgery ABSITE and Board Review" is truly the ultimate resource for certification and recertification exam review.

Features
Chapters keyed to "Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 9e" so you know you're studying only relevant, applicable material from the most authoritative source possible 1100+ board-style questions with answers and rationales Questions in each chapter are divided into Basic Science and Clinical categories to facilitate studying for the two-part ABSITE Two new chapters: Molecular Biology and Ethics, Palliative Care, and Care at the End of Life

Genres: Medical

384 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2010

Reviews

[AhmEd ElsayEd]

I read this book as a preparation for the final surgery MCQ exam. It happened that my professor repeated only 3 Questions from this book. I immediately answered as 2 of the as presented here with its interpretation, but it became clear from my professor’s point of view that it is not correct.
eg:


Prof said ERCP NOT U/S ...... WTF Schwartz!!

The most common benign solid lesions of the liver is Hemangiomas not cysts
https://www.upmc.com/services/liver-c...


He said TRAUMA NOT PARASITIC INFECTION and i was lucky not to follow Schwartz here!
Primary splenic epithelial cyst is a rare condition with an incidence rate of 0.07% as reported in a review of 42327 autopsies[13-16]. Primary splenic cysts are seen mostly in children, adolescents and young adults[13]. Congenital type is common in girls[17,18]. Non-parasitic splenic cysts are common in Europe and North America, while parasitic cysts are common in Africa and Central America[19]. The prevalence rate of splenic cysts has been increased nowadays due to increased use of non-invasive diagnostic modalities, i.e., ultrasonography (USG) and computed tomography (CT)[20]. https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full...

won't complete or read it again

[Hafsa Asim]

nice book

[ERI ES]

Cirugía: 4to año.

[Zameer]

There are discrepancies in some questions and answers, which is to be expected (mostly) in an epidemiological study. Otherwise, it's a solid study tool. Best used together with updated clinical guidelines, local protocols, and other surgical references rather than as the sole source of information.

[Waleed]

Some questions are solved wrong and corrected later watch for them , otherwise good review book

[Waleed]

Esophagus

[Dean M. Anselmo]

Decent review

Some questions are poorly written and too many with "all of the above" answers. Overall, it is a worthwhile source for general surgery recertification.