Publisher's Synopsis
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 surgery to include material on cardiothoracic surgery, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, otolaryngology, and urology.
