Whether you are doing Thoracic, Cardiothoracic or Thoracic-integrated surgery residency or fellowship, there is a group of books that has to do with the thoracic/cardiothoracic part of this specialty that is currently used by the majority of trainees and specialists as will. These are the best recommended textbooks in thoracic surgery field:
Shields' General Thoracic Surgery
Johns Hopkins Textbook of Cardiothoracic Surgery
For Board certification purposes these are the most commonly used books as a combination:
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