Surgiosity: The Basic Concepts of Surgery for the Truly Curious (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781997739166)

How can cutting into the human body--an act that deliberately causes injury--lead to healing and health?

To answer this question, Dr. Geoffrey K. Blair draws on his decades as a surgeon and teacher by taking the reader into the hospital, through surgical rounds, and opening the doors of the operating room. Blair demystifies essential surgical concepts such as tissue repair, flows, surgical disease, and clinical decision-making, showing how surgeons must partner with both the patient and nature in what is sometimes an unpredictable endeavor.

Accessible, witty, and occasionally wry, Surgiosity is written for those who are truly curious: those who have been or will be touched by a surgical experience, those considering a career in medicine, or anyone simply fascinated by this mysterious, dramatic, and sometimes daunting branch of medicine called surgery.