Clinical Surgery Pearls

The book, “Clinical Surgery Pearls”, includes definitions, checklists, tables, flow charts, photographs, questions and answers of various diseases/disorders. The diseases or disorders are discussed in detail with a case study along with the investigations, diagnosis and management methods used. Each case starts with a clinical capsule, and questions are formulated based on the clinical capsule. The important aspect of any learning process is to find out the concepts behind the disease process and management. The book is divided into five sections namely: definitions, long cases, short cases, radiology and imaging and important tables and charts. The important topics covered are toxic goiter, thyroid carcinoma, lymph node carcinoma, breast cancer, appendicular masses, jaundice, renal swelling, mesenteric cyst, non-thyroid cysts, ulcer, lipoma, hernia, neurofibroma, congenital arteriovenous fistula and so on. The topics discussed in important tables and charts are trauma, burns, neck, breast, abdomen, limbs, etc., all these are highlighted in the form of boxes and charts for quick reference. This book acts as a hand book for clinical students because it contains the information in the form of question and answers that will make the learning process a pleasant experience.