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Rush University Review of Surgery
by Daniel J. Deziel, MD, Thomas R. Witt, MD, Steven D. Bines, MD, Theodore J. Saclarides, MD, Edgar D. Staren, MD, PhD, Jose M. Velasco, MD, Keith W. Millikan, MD, Richard A. Prinz, MD, and Steven G. Economou, MD, 605 pp, with illus, $47.95, ISBN 0-7216-7581-6, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 2000.
Arch Surg. 2000;135:736-737.
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This is the third edition of this Review of Surgery by the faculty at Rush Medical College, Presbyterian–St Luke's Hospital in Chicago, Ill, with prior editions in 1988 and 1994. The editors tasked themselves with rewriting and updating old chapters by carefully blending and incorporating new information to ensure the broadest possible coverage of the field of general surgery. They further purported to provide similar expanded coverage for subspecialists and
"to place even greater emphasis on basic science in recognition of the increased sophistication of clinical care and the need for surgeons to be well versed in the fundamental components of clinical practice."
Finally, they planned to expand the scope of their references to include additional standard texts and more refereed manuscripts. As is the case with any new edition publication, a major question is whether there actually is any need to replace the prior edition for either content or . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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