An absolute essential for medical students in their surgical clerkship as well as for the surgical house staff and surgeons in practice studying for recertification. Common surgical diseses presents in a concise, algorithmic manner the wide array of surgical problems commonly encountered by students and residents. This book is small enough to fit in a lab coat pocket, providing easy access for residents on-call, during their in service training, before teaching rounds and lectures, etc. The algorithm approach allows for rapid reference and understanding of commonly encountered problems.