Common Surgeries Made Easy A Quick Guide for Residents and Medical S
There are about 1,300 general surgery residency spots a year in the US alone. In addition, 20,000 medical students rotate through surgery a year. With medical students and residents routinely scrubbing into surgeries that they've never seen or have only s
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Common Surgeries Made Easy
Efstathios Karamanos Editor
Common Surgeries Made Easy A Quick Guide for Residents and Medical Students
Editor
Efstathios Karamanos, MD Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery UT Health San Antonio San Antonio, TX USA Assistant Editors Arielle Hodari Gupta, MD Associate program director General Surgery Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI USA
Noah Saad, MD Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery UT Health San Antonio San Antonio, TX USA
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To my father, Konstantinos, and my mother, Angeliki, for their unmeasured, endless, and selfless support. To all the unsung heroes around the world fighting with multiple sclerosis. To the infinite white and blue of the Grecian land. And to all those who like Odysseus, are on their personal quest to find their own Ithaca. Special thanks to Bao-Quynh Julian, MD, from the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UT Health San Antonio, for the illustrations throughout the book. Arielle Hodari Gupta, MD, Associate program director, General Surgery Henry Ford Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Noah Saad, MD, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Preface
I vividly remember my first day as an intern in general surgery. It was a gloomy morning, and I was up since 3 a.m., excited to finally be a doctor. My chief resident looked at me and told me: “You go do the inguinal hernia today.” My excitement was swiftly traded with pure terror: How can I be competent when I have no idea what I am supp
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