Surgery, 3d ed.9780443102745Surgery, 3d ed. Raftery, Andrew and Michael S. Delbridge. Churchill Livingstone 2006 612 pages $37.95 Paperback Churchill's pocketbooks RD31 This pocket-sized book provides a concise and didactic account of the essential features of all common surgical disorders for medical students and junior doctors. Raferty (surgery, Sheffield Kidney Institute and U. of Sheffield, UK) and Delbridge (renal transplantation, Sheffield Kidney Institute, UK) explain basic principles and give information on etiology, diagnosis, and management, and preoperative pre·op·er·a·tive adj. Preceding a surgical operation. preoperative preceding an operation. preoperative care the preparation of a patient before operation. and postoperative care postoperative care, n care after surgery or other invasive procedures, usually of a supportive nature. . They cover the field of general surgery as well as specialties including neurosurgery neurosurgery /neu·ro·sur·gery/ (noor´o-sur?jer-e) surgery of the nervous system. neu·ro·sur·ger·y n. Surgery on any part of the nervous system. , and plastic and pediatric surgery. If used with Churchill's Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis differential diagnosis n. Determination of which one of two or more diseases with similar symptoms is the one from which the patient is suffering. Also called differentiation. , it can serve as a review text by postgraduates for the MRCS MRCS Member of Royal College of Surgeons. MRCS abbr. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons . Chapters on shock and trauma, the breast, endocrine, and transplantation have been revised. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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