Top Knife

The similarity of the book's title to that of the cult film is no coincidence. The publication is world-renowned and for doctors of surgical specialties really „ cult“. It will provide you with instructions on how to get a severely injured patient to the operating room, how to organize the operating team, how to deal with complicated injuries and how to achieve the best possible results. It is designed especially for surgeons working in all types of workplaces, not excluding military and humanitarian missions or unusual conditions. In a standard surgical atlas, you will find instructions on how to work with your hands, but you will not find instructions on how to think, plan and improvise. This book is different. Here you will find practical advice and instructions on how to use your head and hands when operating on a severely injured patient.

The publication is richly equipped with simple illustrative original drawings. It should not be missing in the library of surgeons, traumatologists, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists and, of course, medics. However, it can also be used by specialist nurses.

The authors – Asher Hirshberg, MD, FACS, and Kenneth L. Mattox, MD, FACS – are surgeons working in the trauma center of a large urban hospital. In this publication they have capitalized on their professional and pedagogical experience from many years of activity. The book has become a worldwide bestseller, published in translation in many countries.