Greenfield's Surgery: Scientific Principles and Practice, 5th Edition Doody's Expert Review Review Questionnaire ISBN: 9781605473550 ISBN-10: 1605473553 Copyright: 2011 Edition: 5th Editors: Mulholland, Michael W., Lillemoe, Keith D., Doherty, Gerard M., Maier, Ronald V., Simeone, Diane M., Upchurch, Gilbert R., Jr., Doody's Expert Review    Score: 92 Doody's Star Rating™ and Doody's Expert Review provide by Doody Enterprises, Inc. Reviewer: David Dries,  MSE, MD  (Regions Hospital) Description This is the fifth edition of a highly successful textbook of general surgery. Purpose It provides an overview of surgical science and practice for practitioners at all levels. Audience Practitioners of all degrees of sophistication will benefit from this work originating from the leadership in academic surgical programs in the United States. Many of the authors and editors are from the University of Michigan. Features After a review of basic science, the vast majority of this 2,000-page book covers surgical practice beginning with trauma and transplantation and continuing by organ system. An extensive group of chapters describe vascular diseases, but orthopedics, urology, and neurologic problems get little coverage. Chapters are highly detailed and well written. Key references and important summary concepts are highlighted. Color drawings, which reproduce with superb quality, effectively illustrate anatomy and operative technique. Color photographs, in general, are also of high quality, but black-and-white photographs do not reproduce well. References featuring primary literature date to within three years of publication. The table of contents groups chapters by type of content and lists authorship while the subject index provides separate citations for figures and tables. Assessment This update of Greenfield's Surgery maintains the excellent production standards of previous editions, although I was disappointed at the loss of focused reviews in orthopedics, neurosurgery, gynecology, and urology. Chapters on these topics and an expanded presentation of laparoscopic technique may be found in another recent update, Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, 9th edition, Brunicardi et al. (McGraw-Hill, 2010). However, as a teaching aid, Greenfield's Surgery, which features an online image bank and search engine, remains the leader in its class. Review Questionnaire Range Question Score 1-10 Are the author's objectives met? 8 1-10 Rate the worthiness of those objectives. 10 1-5 Is this written at an appropriate level? 5 1-5 Is there significant duplication? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 4 1-5 Are there significant omissions? (1=significant, 5=insignificant) 3 1-5 Rate the authority of the authors. 4 1-5 Are there sufficient illustrations? 5 1-5 Rate the pedagogic value of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Rate the print quality of the illustrations. 5 1-5 Are there sufficient references? 5 1-5 Rate the currency of the references. 4 1-5 Rate the pertinence of the references. 5 1-5 Rate the helpfulness of the index. 5 1-5 If important in this specialty, rate the physical appearance of the book 4 1-10 Is this a worthwhile contribution to the field? 10 1-10 If this is a 2nd or later edition, is this new edition needed? 10 ©2024 Doody Enterprises, Inc.