Sabiston Essentials of Surgery

Each chapter in this concise 2nd Edition thoroughly updates the original text and describes the major conditions encountered in general surgery. Specifically designed for the student in surgery or other short introductory surgery courses, this edition offers the "essentials" of surgical disorders, with emphasis on both the basic and the clinical features of the diseases. ALL medical students can use its expert information, which goes beyond general surgery to include material on cardiothoracic surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, otolaryngology, and urology.* New, shorter length of book pares information to the essentials to keep content straightforward and manageable* Recognized authorities in the field (including 54 new contributors) provide master guidance in one source* 13 new chapters, such as Melanoma and Portal Hypertension, broaden the text's scope to provide students with comprehensive, current information* Logical organization follows the anatomic, physiologic, pathologic, biologic, chemical, immunologic, and pharmacologic features of surgical disorders to help underscore the important relationship between the basic sciences in medicine and their clinical counterparts* Carefully selected figures and illustrations skillfully demonstrate text material to simplify concepts and make them accessible* Companion text Andreoli et al.: CECIL ESSENTIALS OF MEDICINE and Behrman and Kliegman: NELSON ESSENTIALS OF PEDIATRICS complete a triad developed for medical students to fulfill curricular course requirements