Part of the Blueprints series, Blueprints Surgery provides a concise review of what students need to know in their surgery rotations or the Boards. Each chapter is brief and includes pedagogical features such as bolded key words, tables, figures, and key points boxes. This edition has been thoroughly updated and significantly expanded, with more detail and depth of coverage, additional tables and figures, and case studies. A question-and-answer section at the end of the book includes 100 board-format questions with complete rationales for each answer choice.

A companion website includes a question bank containing an additional 50 questions and fully searchable text.

Preface
Contributors
Abbreviations

Part I: INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: Surgical Techniques

Chapter 2: Care of the Surgical Patient

Part II: GASTROINTESTINAL AND ABDOMINAL

Chapter 3: Stomach and Duodenum

Chapter 4: Small Intestine

Chapter 5: Colon

Chapter 6: Liver

Chapter 7: Gallbladder

Chapter 8: Spleen

Chapter 9: Pancreas

Chapter 10: Bariatric Surgery

Chapter 11: Hernias

Part III: ENDOCRINE

Chapter 12: Thyroid Gland

Chapter 13: Parathyroid Gland

Chapter 14: Breast

Chapter 15: Pituitary, Adrenal, and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias

Part IV: CARDIAC, THORACIC AND VASCULAR

Chapter 16: Vascular Surgery

Chapter 17: Heart

Chapter 18: Lung

Chapter 19: Esophagus

Part V: SPECIAL TOPICS

Chapter 20: Neurosurgery

Chapter 21: Kidneys and Bladder

Chapter 22: Prostate and Male Reproductive Organs

Chapter 23: Skin Cancer

Chapter 24: Plastic Surgery

Chapter 25: Orthopedic Surgery

Chapter 26: Organ Transplantation

Chapter 27: Trauma

APPENDIX: SAMPLE OPERATIVE REPORTS

Inguinal Hernia

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Questions

Color Plates