Hands-on guide to the practice of general thoracic surgery covering the entire range of thoracic surgical techniques and management, along with crucial preoperative evaluation, staging, and postoperative strategies

Updated to reflect the latest advances in the field, it provides the authoritative, up-to-date content today's busy medical students need for exam success. Includes general surgery and surgical specialties all in one volume.

Cases presented cover diseases commonly encountered on a surgical rotation. Includes questions & answers, diagnosis & management controversies and pitfalls.

180 up-to-date vignettes for self-testing and 15 brief essays examining selected diagnostic and therapeutic tools from a surgical perspective. Guidance for addressing regional variations in medical practice on National Board questions.

The atlas covers gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, pancreatic, vascular, gynecologic, and additional procedures, including hernia repair, vascular access, breast procedures, sentinel lymph node biopsy, thyroidectomy, and many more.