Clinical Cases and Images in Surgery

Medical professionals upload their favourite cases so they can contribute to medical education globally. Here are a few sites and communities that present clinical cases.

AO Surgery Reference

The AO Surgery Reference is an online repository of surgical knowledge, consisting of more than 7'000 pages including hundreds of surgical procedures and approaches described in text and images; AO course videos and hundreds of pages of previously published AO material. The different anatomical segments are being authored by 63 renowned surgeons from 22 countries as listed below.

Cases Journal: Surgery

"Indexing of our recently-published articles in PubMed has been delayed due to formatting problems. These have now been resolved, and all articles will be included in PubMed shortly. Apologies to our readers and authors for this delay."

Cervical Spine Surgical Cases

"Here are some examples of Prestige Artificial Cervical Disc surgical cases, Bryan Artificial Disc surgical cases, Anterior Cervical Disectomy and Fusion, and massive spinal reconstruction cases that Dr. Pashman has performed."

CTSNet Clinical Cases

"CTSNet is the most comprehensive, most heavily trafficked, and most reliable online source of information about cardiothoracic surgery available worldwide, and its online community of cardiothoracic surgeons is the largest in the world. CTSNet traffic in the community averages over 500,000 sessions and over 5 million page views per month."

Featured Images in the New England Journal of Medicine

"Web-only Images in Clinical Medicine have been published monthly since August 2001 and weekly since July 2003. Click on any graphic below to view the full article. For more information, see the editorial, Internet-Only Publication."

Image of Surgery

"This exhibit displays historic and contemporary images of medical and surgical procedures. The contemporary images combine authentic color photographs with the artistry of digital photo processing to describe the movement, drama and personalities of surgical care, traversing a visual space between documentary and dream."

Surgical Tutor

"This site contains educational material aimed at those preparing for undergraduate and postgraduate surgical examinations. It includes clinical tutorials, a journal club, multiple choice questions, revision notes, slide library, discussion group and more."

The Encyclopedia of Surgery

"The Encyclopedia of Surgery has been written by various experts in the field of surgery and has been written specifically for healthcare students and patients. The Encyclopedia covers 450 surgical procedures and topics such as laser surgery, hysterectomy, endoscopy, cryosurgery, anesthetics, biopsy, angioplasty, medications and postoperative care, and many related subjects. Each entry in the Encyclopedia of Surgery consists of a standardized format which includes the definition, purpose, diagnosis, aftercare, risks, mortality rates, and alternatives."

WebSurg

"WebSurg is a virtual surgical university, accessible from anywhere in the world through the Internet. The WebSurg concept was launched by Professor Jacques Marescaux and his team at the European Institute of TeleSurgery (EITS) in Strasbourg, France."

See more surgery-related resources on the American Medical Student Association’s site.