NMS Surgery Casebook, 3rd Edition (National Medical Series for Independent Study)

Ideal as a stand-alone review or as a perfect companion to NMS Surgery, Seventh Edition, this leading casebook for the surgical rotation presents a series of surgical cases that begin with a clinical scenario and progress step by step through the decision-making process of patient management. Concise and portable, NSM Surgery Casebook, Third Edition fits in a lab coat pocket—ideal for review on the wards.

​Retaining the structured subject review, practice questions for the USMLE Step 2 exam, and focus on helping students work through clinical cases with a unique “what next” approach to decision making, this third edition offers a new full-color design, new study aids, and key updates throughout.

• A unique, case-based surgical review, with case variations, teaches effective surgical approach and allows students to practice real-world clinical decision making and prepare for exams.
• New and updated cases reflect modern surgical practice.
• Revised Cutting to the Chase feature at the beginning of each chapter presents a high-yield overview of important concepts.
• New Critical Surgical Associations from NMS Surgery cover associations and important sequences in a highly visual way.
• All-new radiographic images are easier to read and interpret.
• Easy-to-spot Digging Deep boxes provide high-yield information in an easily accessible way.
• An extensive illustration program provides opportunities to make patient management decisions based on visual cues.

Lippincott® Connect features:

• Lifetime access to the digital version of the book with the ability to highlight and take notes on key passages for a more personal, efficient study experience.
• Carefully curated resources, including interactive diagrams, video tutorials, flashcards, organ sounds, and self-assessment, all designed to facilitate further comprehension.

Lippincott® Connect also allows users to create Study Collections to further personalize the study experience. With Study Collections you can:

• Pool content from books across your entire library into self-created Study Collections based on discipline, procedure, organ, concept or other topics.
• Display related text passages, video clips and self-assessment questions from each book (if available) for efficient absorption of material.
• Annotate and highlight key content for easy access later.
• Navigate seamlessly between book chapters, sections, self-assessments, notes and highlights in a single view/page.