Histopathology Techniques and their Management: Quick Revision Guide for MD Pathology and MLT Students | Bulleted Text, FAQs and Micrographs for Exam and Viva Voce Preparation

Description

Histopathology Techniques and their Management is a concise, exam-focused guide to the basic concepts of histopathology laboratory techniques required to be known by postgraduate students in pathology and students of medical laboratory technology. Content is presented in brief, simple, lucid and reproducible bullet-form text rather than long descriptive paragraphs, so a technical, procedure-heavy subject stays easy to review and recollect. The book works through the practical, procedural side of the histopathology laboratory - the techniques involved in tissue fixation, processing, embedding, sectioning and staining - along with the management of the various technical problems that arise in each of these steps, giving readers a troubleshooting reference alongside the technique itself. Key points are set in bold type throughout, letting a reader brush through the entire book within a few hours before an examination or viva voce, and the text is enhanced with illustrations, gross photographs, microphotographs, tables and text boxes. Frequently asked examination questions are built directly into the book, giving postgraduate pathology and MLT students a single source that covers both the technique itself and how it is likely to be examined. Who This Book Is For: Pathology Postgraduates (MD/DNB): covers the histopathology-technique component of the postgraduate pathology curriculum in an exam-ready, quickly revisable format. Medical Laboratory Technology Students: a dedicated technique-and-troubleshooting reference for the histopathology laboratory skills MLT training requires. Why This Book Helps: Simplifies procedural learning: concise bullet-form text and bold key points turn multi-step laboratory techniques into material that is quick to study and quick to recall. Builds practical troubleshooting skill: the book explicitly addresses management of technical problems encountered in histopathology techniques, not just the ideal-case procedure. Targets the actual exam: frequently asked examination questions are included directly, so revision time goes toward what is actually tested. Speeds last-minute review: bold key points are designed to let a reader cover the entire book in a few hours before an examination or viva voce. Key Features: Concise bullet-form text with key points highlighted in bold for rapid review. Frequently asked examination questions included throughout the book. Illustrations, gross photographs, microphotographs, tables and text boxes enhancing every technique. Dedicated coverage of managing technical problems encountered in histopathology techniques, not just the standard procedure. 398 pages authored by a pathology professor with a 34-year teaching career and ICMR/WHO Cancer Atlas project experience. Review: This edges past Bancroft in terms of practicality... - This is one amazing book and deserves wide scale circulation among junior residents and fresh PG passouts in particular (to "re-visit" those topics which might have been learnt by rote while mugging those notes made from the Bancroftian bible :))..Have gone through the chapters on fixation, tissue processing and decalcification till now and found the topics exhaustively discussed,yet simple enough to remember as well as relevant to the Indian scenario. This is possibly the "home-grown" histotechnique text with the maximum amount of information brought out in the last 2-3 years (felt after having gone through two of the other competitor indigenous texts). Gripes exist though.. the font is extra small and might annoy those with not-so-keen eyesight. Also, provision of full colour plates format throughout is expected for a text of this kind. Cost cutting done here. The publisher needs to take note of this . Lastly, IMHO, no text on histotechniques is equally well-accessible across the entire gamut of topics. Which is why having a second text to look up those hard-to-grasp chapters is advisable. I found that out in microtomy ( bevel angle, angle of clearance etc) where Dr. Shameem Shariff's text ( that one's nice too) was of help. Most importantly, Carson's Histotechnique still holds it's fort among all of these works. Get that one too (if you can afford it:), I got a used copy for cheap). Review: Must have for first year pg students - If you didn't buy it in your mbbs then must buy in first year only as it really helps you to learn techniques in histopath, contains chapter on each basic thing used on daily basis in routine histopath. To know better whats going on other side of the glass (technician part) one should read this book.