This the 4th edition of Scheins Common Sense Emergency Abdominal Surgery builds on the reputation of the three previous editions. Already a worldwide benchmark translated into half a dozen languages this book guides surgical trainees logically through the minefields of assessment and management of acute surgical abdominal conditions. General surgery as a concept may have been overtaken in many parts of the world by the development of niche specialties but the need for a cohort of generalists abl