Parker provides medical students with the knowledge and skills to understand the general principles common to all types of surgery, and describes the specific presentations and management of conditions required both elective and emergency surgery. His topics are first principles, clinical essentials, breast disease, endocrine surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery, colorectal surgery, hepatobiliary surgery, urology, vascular surgery, surgical emergencies, and self-assessment with SBA questions and answers. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)