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Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes: Top 180 Vignettes for the Surgical Wards Paperback – 5 March 2013

by Carlos Pestana (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 335 ratings
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Surgical clerkship allows senior medical students to develop clinical skills and gain a better understanding of surgical disease while caring for patients. But time in the wards is limited, and clerkship covers only a tiny sample of the surgical universe. Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes, by distinguished surgery instructor Dr. Carlos Pestana, is a proven guide to ensure your surgical knowledge. With a concise, comprehensive review and 180 high-yield surgical vignettes for self-testing, it contains the surgery knowledge you need to excel on the Surgery shelf exam and USMLE Step 2 CK.Features:— Concise high-yield review of core surgery material— 180 vignettes for self-testing— Used by med students for over a decade— Fully up-to-date— Pocket-sized to carry with you in the wards
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  1. ISBN-10
    1609789164
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1609789169
  3. Publisher
    Kaplan Test Prep
  4. Publication date
    5 March 2013
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    13.97 x 1.27 x 20.32 cm
  7. Print length
    240 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kaplan Test Prep (5 March 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1609789164
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1609789169
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.27 x 20.32 cm
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 335 ratings

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Arrow
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book full of high yield stuffs for clerkship which is amazing!
Reviewed in India on 17 September 2020
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Great book and it’s highly recommended to survive surgery!
And amazon did a great job delivering the book in a clean & good condition with a awesome deal!!
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Arrow
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book full of high yield stuffs for clerkship which is amazing!
Reviewed in India on 17 September 2020
Great book and it’s highly recommended to survive surgery!
And amazon did a great job delivering the book in a clean & good condition with a awesome deal!!
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Nancy
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book for non-surgery med students
Reviewed in Canada on 24 April 2014
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The shortest yet highest-yield review for both gen surg and specialty surg that a non-surgical med student can get her hands on.

In med school, we frequently amass a great deal of trivial facts that are forgotten soon after the exam, without a broad, systemic view to hang all those facts together. This book is the big tree, the overview.

Saved me for my board exams.
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Farid Malof
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for Surgery Shelf
Reviewed in the United States on 16 February 2014
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If you are an MS-III studying for the surgery shelf I cannot recommend this book enough. I, like most, had heard of the 70 page Pestana pdf floating around and used that for the first 5 weeks of my rotation. Had I known sooner about this expanded version I would have made the switch ages ago. It is a very easy read written in a similar tone Dr. Pestana's surgery review. He distills only high-yield facts and adds many clinical pearls. Surgical Recall is an excellent resource for on the wards and OR pimping but this text is invaluable because it cuts through the additional low-yield nonsense that Lawrence provides and gives you what you need for the test. Many times during the shelf I wanted to mentally caress Dr. Pestana's insane eyesbrows as the questions seemed as if they had been taken right out of the book. The surgical clerkship can be a hectic time with a seemingly endless time crunch but with this resource you should be more than ready to ace the shelf.
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Kymberlee Royals
2.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 August 2014
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Not worth the cost. Also, if you have Kaplan surgery then you have the word for word copy of this book. Covers a few things that Step up to Surgery is missing but only scratches the surface of topics. The book is tiny and short and honestly a waste of money. I would recommend 100 cases in surgery which is detailed and feels much more like prep for shelf exams, ck or cs.
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Babak B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast delivery, pocket book for quick review
Reviewed in Canada on 4 May 2019
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Quick review, it is just a review. Nevertheless, Covering many topics. I use other books(like NMS) for more details
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