Single Best Answers in Surgery

The second edition of Single Best Answers in Surgery, Second Edition continues to provide invaluable guidance to this widely used question format, written by authors who understand that detailed explanations accompanying each answer are the key to a successful revision aid.

This book presents more than 500 SBA questions arranged into topic areas as well as a section of random questions for self-testing under examination conditions. A clear discussion of how the correct answer was reached and other options ruled out for every question is given at the end of each section, making this book an excellent learning aid for all stages of undergraduate surgical studies, and particularly during revision for final examinations.

Darren K. Patten, BSc(Hons), MBBS, MRCS(Eng), Wellcome Trust clinical research fellow and specialist trainee in general surgery (London Deanery), Department of Surgery and Cancer, The Imperial Centre for Translational and Experimental Medicine, Imperial College London, UK

David M. Layfield, BSc(Hons), MBBS, MRCS(Eng), CRUK clinical research fellow and specialist trainee in general surgery (Yorkshire and Humber Deanery), University of Southampton, UK

Shobit Arya, BSc(Hons), MBBS, MRCS(Eng), clinical research fellow, Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, QEQM, St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London, UK

Daniel R. Leff, MBBS, PhD, FRCS(Gen Surg), clinical lecturer in surgery, Hamlyn Centre for Robotic Surgery, Imperial College London, UK

Paraskevas A. Paraskeva, MBBS(Hons), PhD, FRCS(Gen Surg), reader in surgery and consultant colorectal surgeon, St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

Editorial Advisor

Ara Darzi, KBE, HonFREng, FMedSci, professor of surgery and head of department, Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery, Department of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology, Division of Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology and Anaesthetics, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK