Publisher's Synopsis
The printing of the 2nd edition of Common Surgical Dis- Solving is not only for residents and students or the young eases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving attests surgeon but also for all physicians who deal with surgical to its usefulness and popularity. Dr. Steven Economou, who patients. After all, a nonspecialist may not know the intricacies wrote the first foreword, died on April 7, 2007, and despite his of decision making for a Whipple operation and may order prolonged and debilitating illness, he retained his cheerful and a percutaneous biopsy or an ERCP when, regardless of the optimistic nature. Those of us who have been mentored by this result, the patient may or may not be a surgical candidate. great human being hope to emulate, but will probably never Common surgical diseases are not the only topics. There are achieve, his Olympian deeds as a surgeon, author, teacher, and at least 20 general topics on preoperative and postoperative leader. I am very honored to have been asked by the authors to care. Drs. Myers, Millikan, and Saclarides have taken adv- write the foreword for the 2nd edition. tage of the many talented attending physicians and residents Years ago, the resident or medical student was commended at Rush University to write most of the chapters. The authors for making a long list of obscure differential diagnoses regardless themselves wrote numerous chapters on their specialty.
