Abernathy's Surgical Secrets

By Alden H. Harken and Charles M. Abernathy

Book Overview

The new edition of this leading volume in the Secrets Series(R) offers the very latest overview of surgical practice. A two-color page layout, question-and-answer approach, and a list of the "Top 100 Secrets" in surgery gives you the perfect concise board review or handy clinical reference, while updated coverage throughout equips you with all of the most current and essential knowledge in the field. Valuable pearls, tips, and memory aids make this the perfect resource for a fast surgical review or reference.Uses bulleted lists, tables, short answers, and a highly detailed index to expedite reference.
Includes pearls, tips, and memory aids, making it perfect as a handy surgical review for board exams or clinical reference.
Covers all of today's most common surgical procedures and techniques.
Presents a "Controversies" section in many chapters that highlights the pros and cons of selected procedures and approaches.
Features a compact trim size for enhanced portability. Features revisions throughout to provide you with an up-to-date overview of today's surgical care and practice.
Includes new chapters on mechanical ventilation, bariatric surgery, adrenal incidentaloma, mechanical circulatory support, and professionalism, to keep you current.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 032305711X
• ISBN13: 9780323057110
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Honestly, it's better than Surgical Recall

I dabbled with both Surgical Recall and Secrets, and this one is clearly better. Presented in the same Q & A style as Recall, it spares you all the space fillers. Instead, it is more concise and extremely helpful. Unlike Recall, each chapter in the book hits the essential questions about clinical management and takes a very evidence-based approach. It is not bogged down with basic questions like, "What is a hernia?" Rather, it is filled with cutting-edge science, and it explains both sides of controversial areas of medicine too. Seriously, this text actually prepares you for your attendings' questions. I found it very valuable on my third-year surgery rotation and would recommend it.

Excellent edition!

This a very well presented book. It's legible, atractive and concise. It's very usefull material in reviewing differents and importants subjects in the surgical area for rounds, discussions and presentations with my medicine students and surgery residents.

Questions and Answers not found in other textbooks

How many times have you taken a written exam, an oral board type test, or been bombarded with questions while on hospital rounds that simple textbook consultation failed to prepare you to handle? This book is great for medical students doing surgery rotations as well as general surgery residents trying to improve their knowledge base. I read it twice during my surgery residency and found it quite helpful. Shell out a few bucks and buy this book. It's worth it.

Just the golden moments of a 6 week surgical clerkship!

This book is like having all the best advice one might hear during a 6 week clerkhsip condensed into a few dozen hours reading. Not to be missed