Clinical Review of Surgery | ABSITE & Board Preparation
Edited by Sapan S. Desai, M.D., Ph.D. & Danny O. Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H.
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Third Edition

Cataloging-In-Publication Data
Surgisphere Corporation
Clinical Review of Surgery, ABSITE & Board Preparation
1. Surgery 2. Medicine
I. Surgisphere Corporation II. Clinical Review of Surgery
ISBN 9780980210378 C6168
617 SUR 2008901178

01 / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
First published in 2003.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks for the extraordinary dedication of time and effort made by the faculty and residents who have contributed to this text. Special thanks to Drs. Niketa Desai, Jeff Hoehner, Charles Murphy, Scott Pruitt, John Scarborough, Randall Scheri, Cynthia Shortell, and Mark Williams. With appreciation and admiration for the people we work with, our friends, and most importantly, our families.

SSD & DOJ

Contributors

Tara Brennan, M.D.
Ophthalmology Resident
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Johnny T. Chang, M.D.
Plastic Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Brown University, Providence, RI

Melissa E. Danko, M.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Niketa Desai, Pharm.D.
Registered Pharmacist
Department of Pharmacology
Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

Sapan S. Desai, M.D., Ph.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Amahuaro Edebiri, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

William Eward, D.V.M., M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Jeff C. Hoehner, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Surgery
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Prateek Kumar Gupta, M.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Creighton University, Omaha, NE

Danny O. Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H
David C. Sabiston, Jr. Professor & Chair
Surgeon-in-Chief
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Issam Koleilat, M.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY

Keri Lunsford, M.D., Ph.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Jerimiah Mason, M.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Baptist Medical Center, Birmingham, AL

Stephanie Mayer, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Daniel Murariu, M.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Charles Murphy, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Trauma and Critical Care Surgery
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Leontine Narcisse, M.D., Ph.D.
Surgery Fellow
Department of Surgery
Westchester Medical Center,
Westchester, NY

Luigi Pascarella, M.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Scott K. Pruitt, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

John Scarborough, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Trauma and Critical Care Surgery
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Randall Scheri, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Endocrine Surgery
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Cynthia K. Shortell, M.D.
Professor and Chief
Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Suzanne Stewart, M.D.
Urology Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Elisabeth T. Tracy, M.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Immanuel Turner, M.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Jackie Garonzik Wang, M.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD

Tamarah J. Westmoreland, M.D., Ph.D.
General Surgery Chief Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Judson B. Williams, M.D.
General Surgery Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

Mark D. Williams, M.D.
Professor and Program Director
General Surgery
Department of Surgery
St. Elizabeth, Youngstown, OH

Jocelyn Wittstein, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery Chief Resident
Department of Surgery
Duke University, Durham, NC

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