Essential Notes in General Surgery is a summary of years of work, after reading several text books, articles, attending the conferences, hospital daily rounds, and many review courses. It is précis, digested, updated and provides essential knowledge that will help you pass the board exams, especially the American, Canadian, and Saudi board exams. This book was designed to be sufficiently used by medical students, general surgery residents and senior general surgeon. The book contains basic knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, pathology as well as history, physical examination, investigation, detailed management, operative intervention, and follow-up of each disease. The material is divided into three main sections: Basic surgical principlesFluids, hemostasis, shock, surgical infection, trauma, wound healing, and critical care General surgeryUpper GIT, Colorectal, Hepatobiliary, and Endocrine surgery SubspecialtyPediatric, Vascular, bariatric and Thoracic surgery. For enquiriesmomaimani@gmail. com