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Essentials of general surgery and surgical specialties / senior editor, Peter F. Lawerence ; editors, Jessica Beth O’Connell, Matthew R. Smeds ; student editor, Nakeisha Favors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawrence, Peter F., editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surgery.
- Medicine--Study and teaching.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--Examinations.
- Medical students.
- Surgery, Operative.
- Surgical Procedures, Operative.
- General Surgery.
- Students, Medical.
- surgery (health care function).
- Medical Subjects:
- Surgical Procedures, Operative.
- General Surgery.
- Students, Medical.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- Seventh edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Combining general surgery and the specialties in one volume, Essentials of General Surgery and Surgical Specialties, 7th Edition, focuses on the information all medical students need to know to pass the NBME surgery shelf or other surgery rotation examinations. Lawrence's popular text offers concise, high-yield content and a smaller format ideal for study on the go. Updated to reflect the latest advances in the field and enhanced practice questions, this new edition provides the authoritative, up-to-date content today's busy medical students need for exam success." -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Perioperative evaluation and management of surgical patients
- Fluids, electrolytes, and surgical nutrition
- Surgical bleeding: bleeding disorders, hypercoagulable states, and replacement therapy in the surgical patient
- Surgical shock
- Wounds and wound healing
- Surgical infection
- Trauma
- Burns
- Surgical critical care
- Abdominal wall, including hernia
- Esophagus
- Stomach and duodenum
- Small intestine and appendix
- Colon, rectum, and anus
- Biliary tract
- Pancreas
- Breast
- Surgical endocrinology
- Liver and spleen
- Transplantation
- Pediatric surgery: surgical diseases of children
- Plastic surgery: diseases of the skin and soft tissue, face, and hand
- Cardiothoracic surgery: diseases of the heart, great vessels, and thoracic cavity
- Diseases of the vascular system
- Otolaryngology: diseases of the head and neck
- Orthopedic surgery: diseases of the musculoskeletal system
- Urology: diseases of the genitourinary system
- Neurosurgery: diseases of the nervous system.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Online resource; title from table of contents page, (LWW Clerkship, viewed June 26, 2025.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lawrence, Peter F. Essentials of general surgery and surgical specialties.
- ISBN:
- 9781975197544
- 1975197542
- OCLC:
- 1525434314
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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