BookRecall series editor and senior editor, Lorne H. Blackbourne ; advisor, Curtis Tribble.
Summary: "Advanced Surgical Recall provides a portable review of surgical information for students and residents who have progressed past the introductory Surgical Recall. Written in the same high-yield question-and-answer format, Advanced Surgical Recall presents the complex surgical questions and clinical scenarios that residents face every day."--Back cover.
Contents:
Introduction
Review of surgical acronyms and memory aids
Surgical syndromes
Surgical most commons
Surgical percentages
Surgical history
Surgical instruments
Sutures and stitching
Surgical knot tying
Incisions
Surgical positions
Surgical speak
Preoperative 201
Advanced procedures
Surgical operations you should know
Cell biology and cytokines
Wounds
Drains and tubes
Surgical anatomy
Surgical respiratory care
Renal facts
Fluids and electrolytes
Surgery by the numbers and surgical formulae
Blood and blood products
Surgical hemostasis
Surgical medications
Complications
Common on-call pages
Surgical nutrition
Shock
Surgical infection
Fever
Surgical prophylaxis
Surgical radiology
Anesthesia
Surgical ulcers
Surgical oncology
GI hormones and physiology
Acute abdomen and referred pain
Hernias
Laparoscopy
Trauma
Burns
Upper GI bleeding
The Stomach
Bariatric surgery
Ostomies
Small intestine
The Appendix
Carcinoid tumors
Fistulas
Colon and rectum
The Anus
Lower GI bleeding
Inflammatory bowel disease: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Liver
Portal hypertension
Biliary tract
Pancreas
The Breast
Endocrine
Thyroid gland
Parathyroid
Spleen
Surgically correctable hypertension
Soft tissue sarcomas and lymphomas
Skin lesions
Melanoma
Surgical intensive care
Vascular surgery
Pediatric surgery
Plastic surgery
Hand surgery
Otolaryngology head and neck surgery
Thoracic surgery
Cardiovascular surgery
Transplant surgery
Orthopedic surgery
Neurosurgery
Urology
Ophthalmology
Obstetrics and gynecology
Rapid fire review for the American board of surgery in-training examination (ABSITE).