Schwartzs Current Practice of General Surgery

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Indispensable for efficient review prior to a case, as well as for Board exam preparation.

About the Book

Schwartz''s Current Practice of General Surgery is a new addition to the world-renowned Schwartz set of surgery texts. Consisting of 300 short chapters organized by surgical disease and surgical procedure, it serves as the ultimate quick reference for the resident or practicing general surgeon looking for a refresher before a case and serves as an excellent text for board review, especially oral board review.

The text is clinically oriented and does not replace the need for the foundational textbook, Schwartz''s Principles of Surgery, which provides the necessary basic science and covers topics at greater depth that Current Practice of General Surgery.

The format of Current Practice of General Surgery facilitates quick review. Each surgical disease chapter contains the same set of subheads, and each procedure chapter contains the same set of subheads. The book provides current evidence for choosing the best treatment plan, and is truly an evidence-based approach to general surgery. Procedures are well illustrated, with key operational steps highlighted and clearly explained.

The format, organization, and succinct coverage make the content ideal for repurposing in any digital format, whether it be online, tablet, smart phone, or app.

The impetus for this book is market research that indicated Schwartz''s Principles of Surgery was primarily used in the first and second year of surgery residency, but much less so in the fourth and fifth year of residency. The most popular book in the fourth year and fifth year of residency is Cameron''s Current Surgical Therapy (Elsevier), which is also the best selling surgery book (of books priced greater than $100). This new addition to the Schwartz series will go head to head against "Cameron" as the primary reference for the second half of the surgery residency.

This book can also be seen as replacing the Schwartz Manual of Surgery, ISBN 0071446885, which was last published in 2006 and will not be published in the future. Per market research, surgeons prefer a larger, color format and do not have much interest in a smaller trim pocket handbook or manual.

Features

• --Conserved format from chapter to chapter helps facilitate quick review
  --Succinct text and highly curated selection of figures provides exactly what you need to know and not too much
  --Controversial treatments clearly differentiated from more widely accepted treatments
  --The most current review of surgery available

Market/Audience

surgery residents, practicing surgeons, medical students (surgery clerkship), surgical assistants

Author Profile

F. Charles Brunicardi, MD, FACS
Chief of Surgery
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
UCLA Medical Center - Santa Monica

Associate Editors:
Dana K. Andersen, MD, FACS
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

Timothy R. Billiar, MD, FACS
George Vance Foster Professor and Chairman of Surgery
Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School
of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

David L. Dunn, MD, PhD, FACS
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs,
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

John G. Hunter, MD, FACS
Mackenzie Professor and Chair,
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health & Science
University, Portland, OR

Jeffrey B. Matthews, MD, FACS
Dallas B. Phemister Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery, University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL

Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, FACS
Head, Divisin of Surgery, Professor and Chairman,
Department of Surgical Oncology, Senator A.M. Aiken, Jr.,
Distinguished Chair, University of Texas M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX