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edited by Lorne H. Blackbourne, MD, and Kirk J. Fleischer, MD, 1403 pp, $33.20, ISBN 0-683-00834-X, Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins, 1997.

Arch Surg. 2000;135:93.

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This review manual has recently been published and represents a collaborative effort by 73 contributors under the guidance of Lorne H. Blackbourne, MD, and Kirk J. Fleischer, MD, the senior editors.

This remarkably comprehensive work of 1403 pages within 56 chapters easily fulfills its role as a review guide for fourth-year medical students, house officers, and even practicing surgeons. The readers of this guide should have a reasonable grasp of general surgery and should have at least read through one of the basic (essentials type) surgical texts before tackling this book. This tool will serve to logically organize essential information for the reader and reinforce important concepts. All information is presented in an effective manner with the question in the left-hand column and its answer in the right-hand column, allowing the reader to get into a rhythm while studying. The first major subdivision, "Introduction and Background Surgical Information," is extremely . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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