Thirteenth edition. Edited by Emil A. Tanagho and Jack W. McAninch. 743 pp., illustrated. Norwalk, Conn., Appleton and Lange, 1992. $38. ISBN 0-8385-8608-2. By Hector Bensimon, with contributions by John F. Bresette and Richard H. Bensimon. 451 pp., illustrated. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1991. $150. ISBN 0-07-004795-2.
In their preface to Smith's General Urology, the editors statethat their goal "has been to keep the book current, to-the-point,and readable." That goal has been admirably met in the presentedition (the first was published in 1957). Smith's is not intendedto be a definitive, encyclopedic review of the entire theoryand practice of urologic surgery, but a concise yet thoroughreference for both urologists and nonspecialists -- more thana simple pocket manual but less intimidating than a multivolumetextbook. The book has been completely revised since its lastprinting (1988) and includes several entirely new chapters . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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