surgery reading

[vent]

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What is best reading for surgical intern? Schwartz, of course is A class, but what topics are important for intern?
Someone told me that only anatomy is really important for intern?
Is this true?
thanks

 

[droliver]

skip Schwartz altogether would be my advice. The latest Cameron's Current Surgical Therapy comes out next month & is such a more relavent & focused textbook. Its what everyone studies for their board exams & has more then enough detail for you as a resident. The only things picked up in greater detail in Sabiston, Schwartz, Greenfield, Etc... are some of the physiology minutia which is not useful to a large degree

 

[Celiac Plexus]

I'm a surgery intern and I started off with Sabiston which I found to be pretty dry, and a difficult read.

I switched to G'field because my program uses it. It's a much easier read than Sabiston. I have been able to work through about half of the book so far. The tables and charts are pretty good, and it's organized well so that you can read a few sections at a time.

Cameron was the textbook at my med school's surgery department. All the residents were always quoting from Cameron. And the senior residents at my program all use Cameron more than any other textbook. Personally, I would have bought it months ago, but after shelling out so much cash for Sabiston, and G'field, I just couldn't justify another 160 bones for Cameron... not when I "really needed" an XBox.

 

[tussy]

Originally posted by droliver
The latest Cameron's Current Surgical Therapy comes out next month & is such a more relavent & focused textbook.

Is the new edition really going to be out this year??? I've been holding out buying it cause i'm waiting for the new edition.

 

[yrome]

The eighth edition of cameron will be out on May 28th as per Barnes and Noble.