The popularity of the previous editions of Appleton
& Lange Review of Surgery has encouraged this
revised fifth edition. The questions have been
selected from the most current pertinent topics,
facets, and principles of the wide range of general
surgery and its specialities.
The main format of question presentation has
been extensively revised to coincide with that recommended
by the United States Medical License
Examination (USMLE) guidelines. The material is
presented in the form of clinical cases with appropriate
answers to mirror the focus of the USMLE
Step 2. Lange Q&A: Surgery, Fifth Edition, will also
help equip and familiarize students preparing for
the Surgery Miniboard Examinations. Surgical residents
have found both the questions and the annotated
answers useful in preparation for various
inservice examinations leading to the qualifying
and certifying exams of the American Board of
Surgery and equivalent examinations in other parts
of the world. Surgeons in practice and those preparing
for recertification in their specialty have found
this book to be a useful addendum to their armamentarium
of surgical knowledge.