(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best surgery books

Yes, I'm listening to the Audible version. I don't know if there are others.

Oh, and I did listen to the TED talk by Johann Hari and it was awesome. I totally agree with his approach. I'm thinking of picking up his book on Amazon, but I'm not sure if it will be useful beyond what he presented in the talk:

https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Scream-First-Last-Drugs-ebook/dp/B00OZM4ANM

Here's a book I found. Good luck!

For Surgery:
Surgical Recall saved my life

Netters pocket guide was great for in between case refreshers!

*Edit for spacing/spelling errors

This is a great resource: https://www.amazon.com/Singular-View-Art-Seeing-One/dp/0961463929

Has a bunch of illustrations and ways to manage living with monocular vision.

Second this, the Stanford handbook is very good for the science and physiology behind anesthesia. I also supplemented with this book, which definitely scored me a lot of pimp questions and gave me more of an idea of what was going on.

Curious enough, it is 10 - 30% more common in patients with hematologic disorders. It is just splenic tissue (or
another spleen, to make things easier) found most commonly in these locations:

• Splenic hilum (40-60%) and lower pole;
  
• Tail of the pancreas;
  
• Suspensory ligaments;
  
• Greater omentum;
  
• Rare: presacral region, adjacent to left ovary, and in scrotum next to left testicle.
  
  (Source: Pocket Surgery, 2nd ed)
  
  The clinical vignette present in my card is a patient with known history ITP, following-up 6m after splenectomy, still presents with ITP signs and normal peripheral blood smear (when you would expect the post-splenectomy smear findings, like Howell-Jolly bodies, target cells etc.).
  
  Per UpToDate:
  
  >Patients with ongoing severe ITP after splenectomy and standard pharmacologic therapies are considered to have chronic refractory ITP. Occasionally, an accessory spleen causes late recurrence of ITP following splenectomy, especially if the initial splenectomy resulted in remission for at least one year [46]. In such cases, the possibility of an accessory spleen should be investigated with abdominal ultrasound or computed tomography. In one series, 10 percent of adult patients with chronic refractory ITP were found to have an accessory spleen [46]. This possibility is further suggested if Howell-Jolly bodies (picture 1) are absent on the peripheral smear following splenectomy.
  
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  You can also check my card for more info, it is quite comprehensive I think (also there's a good image from Pocket Surgery attached). :)

I took a course in nationalism as part of my graduate school curriculum last spring, so I could go on and on about current academic theories on the topic. Based by your perspective, I would recommend you read this book and this one as well. The second one in particular will likely be of interest to you.

I tend to believe in the emerging trends of globalism over nationalism, though we will soon see if it manages to stand up against economic hardship.

Those 2 books are more about operating.

For the conservative care ( I.e. Casting), Sir John Charnley's book, "The Closed Treatment of Common Fractures", is probably the best book you can have on casting.

I have a copy from the 1960's which is not for sale, because it's fantastic.

https://www.amazon.com/Closed-Treatment-Common-Fractures/dp/0521682878


Edit- oops replied to wrong message, which should have been the Rockwood and Green one.

Your books referenced are actually quite good, but IMHO not as good as Charnleys still.

Buy DiVirgilio (https://www.amazon.com/Surgery-Case-Based-Clinical-Review/dp/1493917250) & a subscription to UWorld for STEP2CK. Honored surgery and I never wanted to be a surgeon.

Yeah, Chasing the Scream sounds like it could be at least an interesting read on the subject.

https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Scream-First-Last-Drugs-ebook/dp/B00OZM4ANM

are you talking about this one?

https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Anesthesiology-2008-Mark-Ezekiel/dp/1934323004

Seems like amazon has a few in stock.

Read Philip K. Dick's "Second Variety" free on Amazon. Good Sci-Fi read on this sort of stuff.

A picture of this has been inside of the front cover of Bailey & Love's Short Practice of Surgery since it's first edition. Just thought I'd share.

http://www.amazon.com/Bailey-Practice-Surgery-Hodder-Publication/dp/034093932X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239318951&sr=8-1

It's on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Brunner-Suddarths-Textbook-Medical-Surgical-Nursing/dp/1451130600

$0.00 on Amazon Kindle

For those interested in strabismus: http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Strabismus-Surgery-Case-Based-Approach/dp/1451116608

i worked with the authors on that book. it's intended for doctors not patients but surely its packed full of extremely relevant information.

Surgery of the Eyelid, Lacrimal System, and Orbit (Ophthalmology Monograph Series)

> devirgilio for surgery shelf

This? https://www.amazon.com/Surgery-Case-Based-Clinical-Review-ebook/dp/B00S3FBMRY

You might try DeVirgilio (available on Amazon). It's a case-based review, well-written, written with MS3s in mind, and has ~200 questions at the end.

Is this the one you guys refer to?

http://www.amazon.com/Surgery-Case-Based-Clinical-Review/dp/1493917250

For example, the complete package of Netter's medical ilustration usually cost 999$ but they have it on "offer" for 949.


This book about fractures cost 610$ dollars, for example.


And those are amazon's prices, you don't even wanna know about the markup those books get in my home country.

Surgical Recall

I found this incredibly helpful during my rotation.

https://www.amazon.com/Surgical-Recall-Lorne-Blackbourne-FACS/dp/1451176414

I got ya bb.
https://www.amazon.com/Brunner-Suddarths-Textbook-Medical-Surgical-Nursing/dp/1451130600/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1491438594&sr=8-3&keywords=med+surg+nursing

Gowned and Gloved Surgery: Introduction to Common Procedures, 1e
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1416053565/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_wfgpzbYCHQ9Z4

http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Physics-Measurement-Anaesthesia-5e/dp/0750648287

Un bel po' di anni fa quando ero giovane ed ingenuo avevo comprato [questo libro] (https://www.amazon.it/dp/887507920X/ref=asc_df_887507920X45645037/?tag=googshopit-21&creative=23390&creativeASIN=887507920X&linkCode=df0&hvdev=m&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=) credendo che funzionasse. Mi sono reso conto presto fortunatamente della totale inefficacia del metodo ed effettivamente sarebbe bastato vedere che l'autore non è laureato in medicina e tantomeno specializzato in oculistica.

Aproveitando seu ponto, vale lembrar daquela cena que todo mundo que vive numa média/grande cidade já viu, que é o do mendigo com uma corotinha do lado, desmaiado no chão e queimando no Sol.

O cara sabe que beber álcool daquele jeito (e daquela qualidade) faz mal. Inclusive, muito provavelmente ele chegou naquela situação graças à sua doença, deixou pra trás a família, amigos e profissão.

Quando a gente dá dinheiro pra essa pessoa não tem como não imaginar que ele não vai gastar com outra corote e virar ela como se fosse água pra um perdido no deserto. O cara é viciado. O corpo dele reage negativamente quando não tem aquela substância, sente dores pelo corpo, vomita, tem dores de cabeça, e a única maneira de fazer parar é com outra dose. Eu ponho minha mão no fogo se alguém aqui não iria se sentir abalado caso se encontrasse nessa situação. Pois é, o cara sofre isso tudo e ainda mora na rua e o melhor amigo dele é um cachorro. A dose de álcool dele é, ao mesmo tempo, o analgésico que faz as dores pararem e a cicuta que ele deve torcer pra matar dele um dia.

A questão da higienização que nós vemos periodicamente é nada mais do que desumanização de pessoas em estado crítico, doentes, e que não tiveram a mesma sorte de se manterem "funcionais". Crack não é droga de pobre. O prefeito de Nova York foi flagrado algum tempo atrás usando ela, oras.

A questão é ter mais empatia pelo próximo, uma criatura da mesma espécie que você, e menos medo do que ele possa fazer pra conseguir a substância que o corpo dele arde pra obter. Eles roubam não é pra ter a droga? Então dê a droga logo e acompanhe a saúde desse pessoal, já que a vida dele é igual a sua!

É clichê dizer, mas essa história é de saúde pública. Esse pessoal está doente física e psicologicamente, além de ter zero expectativa de mudanças. Só não vê quem literalmente não quer.

Edit de recomendação de leitura: Chasing the Scream. Como aqui é o reddit eu não vou me preocupar tanto com o fato de só existir em inglês, mas tem pra baixar facilmente por aí. Recomendo muito.