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This updated Third Edition provides a comprehensive review for those studying for board and recertification examinations. Keyed to the textbook, Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice, Third Edition, it provides questions, answers, and most importantly, the rationale behind correct answers.
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This companion to the textbook Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice is designed to help students review both the basic and clinical science of surgery. It summarizes major points from the textbook, provides review questions, and explains the rationale underlying correct answers. Among the scientific principles covered are cell structure, nutrition and metabolism, hemeostasis, cytokines, inflammation, infection, shock, critical care, trauma, burns, anesthesiology, tumor biology, gene therapy, transplantation and immunology, and evidence-based surgery. The discussion of surgical practice is arranged according to biological system or anatomical group. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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