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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:380
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Review of recent books

General Thoracic Surgery, Fifth Edition

Edited by Thomas W. Shields, MD, Joseph LoCicero III, MD, and Ronald B. Ponn, MD, Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000, 2624 pp, illustrated, $259.00, ISBN: 0-683-30619-7

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If bigger is truly better (and in this case it may well be), Dr Shields has presented us with a real blockbuster. After an interval of six years, this, the fifth edition of this comprehensive and important book, now has almost 2,600 pages (up from 1,994), 190 chapters (up from 136), 29 sections (up from 24), 213 contributing authors (up from 143) and two new editors (up from none). I wonder if this latter fact means that this is Dr Shields’ last effort as editor and that he intends to turn over the reins of editorship to one or both of the other editors or even someone else. Only time will tell.

As is the case in all multi-authored texts, there is considerable variability in writing style, length of chapters, illustrations and . . . [Full Text of this Article]