Surgical Subspecialties Clerkship Guide

by Gregg A. Adams MD FACS

A volume in the Clerkship Guide Series, this book is designed to guide the medical student safely through the surgery clerkship, with an emphasis on the surgical subspecialties . This portable resource addresses the questions surgical students are most often confronted with during their clerkship. It covers basic skills, presenting symptoms, and common surgical diagnoses, providing straightforward descriptions of surgical problems and approaches to the patient's work-up. Offering full-chapter coverage of cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, transplantation surgery, and urology, this resource also includes instructions on specialty-specific differences in the physical exam.

256 pages, Paperback

First published August 29, 2003