Celebrated by medical students for over a decade, Kaplan's Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes is the highest-yield surgery review for the shelf and USMLE Step 2 CK exams.
The Best Review
- Audio format for portable review
- Concise high-yield review of core surgery material
- 180 up-to-date vignettes for self-testing
- 16 brief essays examining selected diagnostic and therapeutic tools from a surgical perspective
- NEW essay topic: nutritional support of the surgical patient
- EXPANDED and enhanced bariatric surgery chapter
- Revised content review throughout, including: therapies for childhood leukemia, ARDS, non-small cell lung cancer, aortoenteric fistula, gout, BPH, prolapsed hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, and anal fissures, and trends in whole blood availability and use

Expert Guidance
- Revised and fully up-to-date content from distinguished surgery instructor Dr. Carlos Pestana
- For over a decade, Dr. Pestana's Surgery Notes has helped med students excel on the surgery shelf exam and USMLE Step 2 CK