Description
- Concise high-yield review of core surgery material
- 180 up-to-date vignettes for self-testing
- 16 brief essays examining selected diagnostic and therapeutic tools from a surgical perspective
- Revised content review throughout, including: corneal foreign bodies, retinal detachment, organ donors, and organ rejection
Expert Guidance
- Revised and fully up-to-date content from distinguished surgery instructor Dr. Carlos Pestana
- For over a decade, Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes has helped med students excel on the surgery shelf exam and USMLE Step 2 CK
Author: Carlos Pestana
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Published: 04/04/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781506281254
ISBN10: 1506281257
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Test Preparation & Review
- Medical | Surgery | General
- Medical | Emergency Medicine
About the Author
Carlos Pestana, MD, PhD, is emeritus professor of surgery at the University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio. Ranked #1 in his medical school class, Dr. Pestana has a doctorate in surgery from the University of Minnesota and did a 5-year surgical residency at the Mayo Clinic. He has received over 40 teaching awards and prizes for teaching excellence. In the early 1990s he was a member of the Comprehensive Part II Committee of the National Board of Medical Examiners that designed what is now the clinical component of the USMLE Step 2 exam. Dr. Pestana is also the author of Fluids and Electrolytes in the Surgical Patient, which has been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Greek