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 | | Case Files Surgery, Second Edition (LANGE Case Files) by Eugene Toy, Terrence Liu, Andre Campbell ISBN-10: 9780071463041 ISBN-10: 0-07-146304-6 ISBN-13: 9780071463041 ISBN-13: 978-0-07-146304-1 Paperback 2006-08-16 McGraw-Hill Medical Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Sixty Surgery cases with complete discussions offer the most outstanding clerkship and USMLE Step 2 review possible Case Files: Surgery, 2e presents sixty clinical cases illustrating key points. Each case includes an extended discussion, definition of terms, clinical pearls, and USMLE format review questions. This interactive learning system helps you understand essential concepts instead of memorizing facts. (20081222) | ||
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A Real Winner! Case Files: Surgery, is perhaps the best supplement to a typical surgery textbook such as Schwartz's Principles of Surgery. While Schwartz's or other similar surgery textbooks such as Sabiston's do a fantastic job of digging into the full depth and breadth of the matter; Case Files: Surgery stands as a superb follow-up. Case Files: Surgery allows the reader to apply the theoretical knowledge gained via the fat textbooks in a clinically oriented way. Cases are presented to the reader in a random fashion, just as patients may present, forcing the reader to think critically in choosing which facet of any given case is most likely to establish the most probable diagnosis. While the variety of cases presented in Case Files: Surgery is excellent, because this book is so good, I finished reading it with a strong desire for more. Of course, after reading through any given case history, turning the page reveals the diagnosis. Further, each case detail is dissected, with suggestions of alternative diagnoses and reasons why certain alternative diagnoses would be completely erroneous. These post case discussions really highlight the value of this book. It really hits the topic from a different angle, and, fortunately, is extremely effective in facilitating longer term retention of all of the easily forgotten stuff jammed into the larger textbooks. Of course, it goes without saying that Case Files: Surgery is worthless without first utilizing a traditional textbook such as Schwartz's Principles of Surgery to gain that initial fundamental understanding of the subject matter. Case Files: Surgery is that final, but absolutely crucial, finishing touch. I'm glad that Case Files: Surgery was recommended to me. I in turn, highly recommend this book as well. | ||
good info, bad grammar I haven't taken the shelf yet, but this book seems to contain a lot of useful information in a way that is easy to remember. However, I've noticed an embarrassing amount of spelling and grammatical errors, to the point where it is distracting me from my reading and making me worry about the accuracy of the information presented. If the publishers can't even manage to run a spell check on the text, how can I believe they're presenting me with appropriate case management? | ||
Good shelf review, not really good for surgical pimp questions Good cases for the shelf exam. Would not use this as a primary source for the OR. | ||
eh... There are a lot of errors in the Q&As and no published/available errata that I could find. Probably other sources are more helpful - Pestana is free, efficient, pocketable, pretty comprehensive... | ||
Case files Case Files is extremely helpful for all rotations and surgery is no exception. The charts in the book are helpful and I frequently referenced them. It also included surgical cases that I did not come across in other books, which made me feel like Case Files ensured I didn't miss any major topic. It is also helpful because it takes the "medical" approach that the questions on the shelf exam take. Case Files cannot be your only source, but it is definitely a must-have. | ||