RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS

Major (Comprehensive & Encyclopedic) Textbooks (listed alphabetically by author / editor)

1. Davis, John, ed. Clinical Surgery, 2^nd ed., 1994. Mosby, Inc.

    

2. Greenfield, Lazar, ed. Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice, 2^nd ed., 1996. J.B. Lippincott Co.

    

3. Townsend, Courtney M., ed. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, 16^th ed., 2001. W.B. Saunders Co.

    

4. Schwartz, Seymour, ed. Principles of Surgery, 7^th ed., 1999. McGraw-Hill.

    

5. Wilmore, Douglas, ed. Scientific American Surgery, 2001. Scientific American. This is a loose-leaf text, revised and updated three times a year.

    

Special Texts

1. Silen, William. Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen, 20^th ed., 2000. Oxford University Press. An excellent book that should be read by all physicians. It covers history, physical diagnosis and the thought process involved in making a diagnosis of abdominal pain.

    

2. Cameron, John. Current Surgical Therapy, 6^th ed., 1998. (7^th ed. to be published in late 2001) Mosby, Inc. Not a textbook but a brief, problem-oriented summary of what to do once the diagnosis is made.

    

Condensed Textbooks (listed alphabetically by author / editor)

1. Lawrence, Peter. Essentials of Surgery, 3^rd ed., 2000. Williams & Wilkins. This book was written by members of the Association for Surgical Education and is directed at junior students on the surgical clerkship.

    

2. Niederhuber, John. Fundamentals of Surgery, 1998. Appleton & Lange.

    

3. Polk, Hiram, Jr., Bernard Gardner, and H. Harlan Stone. Basic Surgery, 5^th ed., 1995. Quality Medical Publishing, Inc.

    

4. Sabiston, David, and Kim Lyerly. Essentials of Surgery, 2^nd ed., 1994. W.B. Saunders Co.

    

5. Way, Lawrence. Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment, 10^th ed., 1994. Appleton and Lange.

    

Supplementary Books (listed alphabetically by author / editor)
(Bold Type - Recommended by students, for students)
These are mostly paperback and pocket-sized for easy reference prior to an operation. They should not be used as the sole source of information about surgical topics.

1. Abernathy, Charles M., and Alden H. Harken. Surgical Secrets: Questions You Will Be Asked...on rounds, in the OR, on oral exams, 2^nd ed., 1991. Hanley & Belfus (Mosby-Year Book).

    

2. Adams, Gregg A. and Stephen D. Bresnick. On Call: Surgery, 1997. W.B. Saunders Co.

    

3. Bauer, Joel J. Mount Sinai Handbook of Surgery: A case-oriented approach, 1998. Williams & Wilkins.

    

4. Blackbourne, Lorne H. Surgical Recall, 2^nd ed., 1998. Williams and Wilkins

    

5. Blackbourne, Lorne H. & Kirk J. Fleischer. Advanced Surgical Recall, 1997. Williams and Wilkins.

    

6. Bodai, Balazs Imre. Synopsis of Common Surgical Procedures, 1993. Lea & Febiger. A brief overview of most of the operations of general surgery. Not always the way they are done at any institution, but close enough for a pre-op review. Outlines major indications, anatomical points, technique, complications, and other points.

    

7. Chen, Herbert, Juan E. Sola, & Keith D. Lillemoe. Manual of Common Bedside Surgical Procedures, 1996. Williams & Wilkins.

    

8. Doherty, Gerard M, Dirk S Baumann, Lawrence L Creswell, John A Goss, and Terry C Lairmore. The Washington Manual of Surgery, 1996. Little, Brown & Co.

    

9. Gomella & Lefor. Surgery On Call, 2^nd ed., 1995. Appleton & Lange.

    

10. Gomella, Leonard, G. Richard Braen, and Michael Olding. Clinician’s Pocket Reference, 8^th ed., 1997. Appleton and Lange.

     

11. Jarrell, Bruce E., and R. Anthony Carabasi, III. Surgery, 3^rd ed., 1996. Williams & Wilkins. (The National Medical Series for Independent Study outline / text. Has 115-question exam with answers & explanations.)

     

12. Karp, Seth J., James Morris, and David Soybel. Blueprints in Surgery, 1998. Blackwell Science. (This is a review book for Step 2 & 3 of the USMLE.)

     

13. Levien, David H. Introduction to Surgery, 3^rd ed., 1999. W.B. Saunders Co.

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