Not merely a stock distillation of its parent text, Schwartz's Principles of Surgery Companion Handbook will represent the most concise and clinically oriented resource for the area of general surgery The new edition will be supplemented with many more tables and preview boxes that synoptically convey to the reader the pearls and pitfalls of diagnosis, treatment, and pre- and postoperative management of the surgical patient. Key features Perfect resource for course and board review for surgical residents Each chapter now supplemented with table (staging, differential diagnosis) and pearls and pitfalls boxes detailing operative technique and pr-and post-operative New radiologic and key clinical and surgical illustrations Key information on anesthesia and pre- and post-operative care of patient Just the right scope and depth to be the core text for medical students on surgical rotation