Sabiston Essentials of Surgery

by David C. Sabiston

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0721650198
• ISBN13: 9780721650197
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 798 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A standard

Sabiston contains both basic science and clinical information, but you'll still need both a basic science book (for more detail) as well as another clinical book (Cameron's is great) to get a more detailed and balanced exposure to the broad field of general surgery. As big, "standard" texts go, it's a good one. I think it has better detail in most sections than Schwartz. Some people prefer Greenfield's - I don't have that one, so can't comment. I have used Sabiston as my major reference through-out surgery residency, and can recommend it to you.

Never read Schwartz, but....

I bought the Sabiston 15th Edition for my surgery rotation and actually read a few pertinent chapters. There's usually a few pages with historical background info (a favorite of the chief) and then it jumps into etiology, diagnosis, techniques and treatments. I used a chapter on Ischemic Bowel Disease to present at Grand Rounds (gulp) to the entire Dept of Surgery at the Mt Vernon Hospital, NY and actually came off sounding competent. I supplemented my Neurological Surgery Observership at UCSF with the sections on neurosurgery and it served as a good PRIMER to the specialty. This book covers all aspects of the Surgical fields, including ENT, Ortho, Plastics, Thoracic, etc. The only real competition for this text is Schwartz. Take a look at both before deciding on which is best for you.