Description
Last’s Anatomy: Regional and Applied has long been a favourite with senior medical students and junior doctors studying for the MRCS examination. Most anatomy textbooks take the form of either large reference tomes or short books aimed at rapid pre-examination cramming. In contrast, Last’s Anatomy is both comprehensive enough to satisfy postgraduate surgical expectations, and sufficiently focused to make it a realistic exam revision tool.
- In an academic climate, where anatomy is playing a progressively decreasing role, it is re-assuring to note that the content has remained descriptive and the format rigorously structured.
- The “Surgical Approach” subsections add clinical relevance to the text by focusing on the anatomical basis of surgical practice. These serve to bridge the gap between basic science and operative anatomy.
- Most chapters also contain sections on development, which provides a good basic science background for postgraduate surgical exams.
