Increase your shelf-exam scores and excel in your clerkship with this updated award-winning surgery case file guide
The Case Files series is an award-winning learning system proven to help you increase your shelf-exam scores. Unlike other books on the market, this series provides context for the real-life situations youll face as a surgeon on any given day. Instead of rote memorization, you will develop a true understanding of necessary practices and methods.
Case Files Surgery, 5th edition, teaches you how to enhance your skills through 60 high-yield general-surgery cases. Completely revised with a carefully reviewed, detailed Q&A, each case features a full discussion, clinical pearls, references, and USMLE-style review questions to help you excel in your clerkship and improve your overall surgery shelf-exam scores.
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Introduction |
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Section I How to Approach Clinical Problems |
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Part 1 Approach to the Patient |
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Part 2 Approach to Clinical Problem Solving |
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Part 3 Approach to Reading |
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15 | (666) |
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17 | (58) |
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75 | (58) |
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133 | (38) |
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171 | (30) |
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Stomach/Small Bowel (Cases 17-22) |
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201 | (68) |
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Large Bowel (Cases 23-29) |
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269 | (78) |
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Abdominal Wall (Cases 30-31) |
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347 | (24) |
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Liver, Biliary, Pancreas (Cases 32-35) |
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371 | (52) |
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423 | (22) |
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Neurological (Cases 38-39) |
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445 | (20) |
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Musculoskeletal/Soft Tissue (Cases 40-43) |
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465 | (44) |
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509 | (56) |
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565 | (54) |
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619 | (22) |
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Genitourinary (Cases 57-59) |
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641 | (32) |
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673 | (8) |
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Section III Review Questions |
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Eugene C. Toy, MD is a dual certified family physician and ob/gyn. He is the John S. Dunn Senior Academic Chair and Program Director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program; Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Methodist Hospital--Houston; Clerkship Director and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Texas--Houston Medical School (Houston, Texas).
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery Department of Surgery University of California, San Francisco San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco, California
Barnard J. A. Palmer, MD, MEd General Surgery Surgical Endocrinology UCSF-East Bay/Alameda Health System, Highland Campus Oakland, California
