master of surgery—2 volume set, 5th edition

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Master of Surgery—2 Volume Set,5th EditionEditors: Fischer Josef E., MD; Bland Kirby I., MD

Bibliographic Data: 5th Edition. Lippincott Williams &Wilkins, 2007, $399.00.ISBN: 978-0-7817-7165-8, 2286 pages, hard cover.ISBN-10: 078177165X.

Description: This large, two-volume set covers the entirespectrum of general surgery, illustrating and outlining sur-gical technique. This fifth edition provides new and up-dated chapters that complement prior editions well.

Purpose: The purpose is to provide a wide-ranging, topic-based book on general surgery. New chapters cover com-plications, outcome measures, and patient factors.

Audience: Written at a level appropriate for the practicingsurgeon, the book covers the entire field of general surgery,including pediatrics, thoracic, oncology, and head andneck. Surgeons in training should use this book to preparefor future cases, anticipate complications, and manage dif-ficult situations. For surgical residents, this book (old ornew edition) should be on the short list of “must read”texts.

Feature: Within each of the many topic areas, separatechapters cover traditional surgery, minimally invasivetechniques, difficult situations, and complications.Many chapters are dedicated to one surgical procedureproviding adequate depth and scope. Illustrations andalgorithms are well selected and helpful. Many newchapters have been added and some classic chaptersmoved to a web site, accessible with a code provided inthe book.

Assessment: This edition is well written by masters inthe field with ample space allotted to illustration, text, andevidence. Previous editions were excellent and many of theclassic chapters were kept. New chapters have been addedthat include new authors or new topics.

Score: Weighted Numerical Score: 87

Reviewed by: Neal Wilkinson, MD (University of IowaHospitals and Clinics)

Oral Cancer: Diagnosis,Management, and Rehabilitation,1st EditionEditor: Werning John W., MD, DMD

Bibliographic Data: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.,2007, $129.95.

ISBN: 978-1-58890-309-9, 354 pages, hard cover.ISBN-10: 1588903095.

Description: This important addition to existing text-books on head and neck oncology presents a multidisci-plinary perspective which has proven to optimize diseasecontrol and functional outcomes.

Purpose: The editor brought together contributions fromauthorities in the fields of head and neck surgical oncology,radiation oncology, reconstructive surgery, dentistry, andoral and maxillofacial surgery to produce a textbook thatprovides clinicians with a unified management philosophyfirmly based on the best available evidence in the peer-reviewed literature.

Audience: This is an important new resource for anymember of a multidisciplinary team engaged in the care ofpatients with oral cancer.

Features: Each chapter interweaves the insights provided byeach contributor into a evidence-based, unified treatment phi-losophy. The book includes insightful reviews of controversialclinical issues, such as the management of early mandibularinvasion and the clinically negative neck. Step-by-step.

Descriptions cover surgical approaches to particular re-gions of the oral cavity, permitting tumor resection withminimal morbidity, and optimal reconstructive outcomes.Other topics include evaluation and management of pre-malignant lesions, osseointegrated implantation, dentalimplant imaging, and orofacial pain.

Assessment: This book’s comprehensive coverage of oralcancer prevention, diagnosis, and multidisciplinary treat-ment and rehabilitation will become an invaluable tool forproviders caring for the oral cancer patient.

Score: Weighted Numerical Score: 95

Reviewed by: Michiel J Bové, MD (Northwestern Uni-versity Feinberg School of Medicine)

Surgical Treatment of OrthopaedicTrauma, 1st EditionEditors: Stannard James P., MD; Schmidt Andrew H.,MD; Kregor Philip J., MD

Bibliographic Data: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.,2007, $299.95.ISBN: 978-1-58890-307-5, 940 pages, hard cover.ISBN-10: 1588903079. This book comes with 4 DVD-ROMs.

Description: This is an exhaustive treatise on the currentsurgical treatment of orthopedic trauma accompanied byfour separate videos that illustrate the techniques.

e1© 2008 by the American College of Surgeons ISSN 1072-7515/08/$34.00Published by Elsevier Inc. doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.07.009