Illustrated Textbook of General Surgery

Description

Surgery is the area of medicine that uses physical and mechanical methods to heal wounds, illnesses, and other ailments. Acute accidents and illnesses are managed with surgery instead of chronic, slowly advancing diseases unless people with the latter type of sickness require surgery. This book is a general surgery textbook and presents fundamental information in an approachable manner. It includes a section on surgical subspecialties as well as a description of surgical principles with text, graphics, and citations. Clinical and diagnostic pictures are included in the full-color graphics and illustrations that complement the text. A top-notch team of surgeons wrote and edited this comprehensive surgical book, which is written at a level suitable for both residents and practitioners. This convenient one-stop resource offers quick access to surgical knowledge on treating illnesses and wounds. This book has concise language that is easy to read and retain, as well as lively graphics that encourage learning in a very visual way. This book will be useful to surgeons, medical professionals, researchers, and students.