Category: Surgery
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Primary Care Otolaryngology (2019)
The stated aim of Primary Care Otolaryngology (2019) is “to provide the necessary information for medical students and allied health professionals.” The book “is designed to provide guidance on how to manage uncomplicated problems that can be taken care of by a patient’s primary care provider” and to “facilitate the recognition of potentially serious problems…
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Surgical Anatomy for Mastery of Open Operations (2018)
Surgical Anatomy for Mastery of So while I believe that there’s still work that needs to be done to bring this text to top-notch level, Surgical Anatomy for Mastery of Open Operations (2018) is, as is, among the best in its genre, and I therefore recommend it very highly to surgery residents and to medical…
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Practical Office Orthopedics (2017)
There are very few good orthopedics books that are suitable for the non-orthopedist audience, and I think I know why. Generalists often lack the specialized knowledge that orthopedists have, while orthopedists tend to see more extreme versions of musculoskeletal conditions—a problem known as spectrum bias—so their recommendations often seem overly aggressive to generalist readers. This…
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Surgical Recall (2017)
Surgical Recall (2017) is a marked improvement upon Surgical Recall (2012), which I reviewed elsewhere. The 2017 edition, like its predecessor, is packed with high-yield clinical information. While the book is obviously surgery oriented, most of the material in it is extremely relevant to most major medical specialties, including internal medicine, family medicine, and pediatrics.…
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Basic Ophthalmology (2016)
Basic Ophthalmology: Essentials for Medical Students (2016) is an excellent book about the diagnosis and treatment of eye disorders. The book provides a coherent and organized approach to ocular disorders. Namely: The Eye Examination Acute Vision Loss Chronic Vision Loss The Red Eye Ocular and Orbital Injuries Amblyopia and Strabismus Neuro-Ophthalmology Eyelid, Orbital, and Lacrimal…
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Book Review: Surgical Recall, 6e
Surgical Recall, 6e (2012) by Lorne H. Blackbourne MD is an 800-page handbook that is packed with very high-yield clinical information that all primary care physicians should find relevant. The book is obviously is surgery oriented, but I find its content to be extremely relevant to all major medical specialties. Solid tumors, relevant to almost…
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Crohn’s Versus Ulcerative Colitis
The best way to appreciate and remember the differences between Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, both inflammatory bowel diseases, is to juxtapose them and compare them in a pairwise fashion: Transmural vs. Mucosal Only Transmural: This is the most important distinguishing feature of Crohn’s disease. The transmural nature of the disease is what leads to…