The new edition of this popular guide provides students with a solid review of surgery for the USMLE Step 2 and residency training exams. The Fourth Edition includes over 1,000 exam-type questions and answers, a paragraph-length explanation of each answer, and a 100-question practice test for self-assessment.

Medically trained journalist Michael Mosley reveals how surgical breakthroughs have shaped the evolution of modern medicine. He begins by investigating the history of brain surgery, discovering how the practice was revolutionised by Harvey Cushing, and meeting Howard Dully, who received a lobotomy from infamous physician Walter Freeman

Michael Mosley explores the history of heart surgery, taking a personal interest in pioneers of the practice, and learning how surgeons are able to beat the clock to successfully operate on the organ. He follows an operation on a woman with two heart defects who is cooled down until her brain stops and has all her blood sucked out before surgery can be performed, and meets a man who has no natural heartbeat

Michael Mosley provides an insight into transplant surgery, revealing how the rates of success for the practice have increased considerably as knowledge of the human immune system has evolved. The presenter learns about French neo-Nazi Alexis Carrell, who invented a surgical stitch that made it possible to sew blood vessels together. He also meets New Zealander Clint Hallam, who received the world s first transplanted hand

Michael Mosley investigates the history of reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, revealing how it was practised more than 2,600 years ago in India. The presenter also looks at unusual treatments, including the use of hot wax, which had disastrous consequences for socialite Gladys Deacon. He then examines the development of plastic surgery during the world wars, and surgeon Peter Butler talks about the possibility of full face transplants

Michael Mosley explores how four surgical breakthroughs revolutionised modern medicine. He joins Dr Alice Roberts to take part in a human dissection and learns about the first attempts to understand human anatomy. He also investigates the discovery of a method for preventing blood loss, the introduction of the use of chloroform and the pioneers in the area of fighting infection. Last in series