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Edited by Rao R. Ivatury and C. Gene Cayten. 1157 pp., illustrated. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1996. $179. ISBN 0-683-04338-2.

This may be the largest textbook published in the United States on a subdivision of surgery. It weighs 10 lb (4.5 kg). The enthusiasm of the editors is commendable, as is their attempt to cover practically every aspect of penetrating trauma and to follow almost every chapter with a commentary by another authority. There are 88 chapters, 149 contributors, and 89 commentators.

A more accurate title would be Penetrating Trauma in the United States, because although the format suggests a textbook, the contents are less concise than those of the usual textbook and much of the information refers exclusively to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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