Looking for a quick reference for review before performing an operation or taking the boards? You wont find a better resource thanScott-Conner & Dawson:Essential Operative Techniques and Anatomy, 4eand its accompanying online component. Expanded to 134 chapters and enhanced by new color photos and new contributing authors, this edition is an up-to-date, easy-to-use reference to both the surgical technique and the relevant anatomy of nearly all the procedures you will face.Features--Prepare for practice with expert coverage of the Essential Common and Essential Uncommon categories of the SCORE„¢ curriculum (print) and Complex procedures (web version).--Quickly review key facts and procedures before performing an operation or taking the boards, with three book-opening tables: Steps in Procedure, Hallmark Anatomic Complications, and List of Structures.--NEW chapters on cutaneous infections, I&D, excision, STSG, ligation, stripping, saphenous vein, loop ileostomy/closure, operations for small bowel obstruction (including laparoscopic), and pediatric umbilical hernia repair. --Increase your understanding of key procedures with significantly expanded chapters on thoracoscopic surgery of the esophagus and laparoscopic colon resection.