High-Yield Surgery
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ISBN: 068330691X / Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, July 2000
A study guide in outline format, giving readers a foundation with which to understand decision makin...
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A study guide in outline format, giving readers a foundation with which to understand decision making processes of surgery and describing specific indications for both surgical and less invasive therapies. Focus is on general surgery, including vascular, thoracic, and endocrine surgery. Detailed explanations of surgical procedures are omitted. Includes b&w medical images and drawings. General practitioners and surgical trainees will find this useful for understanding when surgical referral is necessary and what the surgical specialty has to offer in terms of treatment of specific disease processes. The author is general surgery resident at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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