# Surgeon's Brain : A General Surgery Reference Companion — user reviews

> 11 indexed App Store user reviews of Surgeon's Brain by John Roberts, rated 4.10/5 from 10 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/surgeons-brain-a-general-surgery-reference-companion/id1061429200/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/surgeons-brain-a-general-surgery-reference-companion/id1061429200.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 4 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 3/5 — good content need updates

*2022-07-09, version 1.0*

this app is good for new surgeons and surgery residents doctors but it's need up date and add new articles like pediatric surgery and in gynecology

### 3/5 — A lot of abbreviations

*2016-01-30*

It is a good app, but there are many abbreviations . please to add explanations to it, and please to add highlighter.. and increase font little bit

### 4/5 — Needs diagnosis section

*2019-06-18*

Nice and handy app. Would be greatly complimented if there were a “Dx” section for each disease. It’s important to know the diagnostic criteria for a given disease.

### 4/5 — Good content, bad abbreviations

*2018-07-27*

Simple user interface. Good content. Only issue, as most have stated, are the somewhat obscure abbreviations. Will greatly appreciate an index of abbreviations used; otherwise I’d give 5 stars.

### 4/5 — Great app but...

*2016-07-20*

Great app but the abbreviations are sometimes hard to follow for persons not familiar with them. One more page with a table of abbreviations perhaps?

### 4/5 — needs to be optimized for iPhone.

*2016-02-13*

Text looks great on iPad but needs to be formatted for iPhone. Otherwise would make a great portable off-line reference.

### 5/5 — Very helpful quick reference

*2026-03-31*

10/10 worth the money. I use this app several times a week. Not a super fancy interface but the content and organization style is quite good.

### 5/5 — Very helpful quick reference

*2022-01-21*

10/10 worth the money. I use this app several times a week. Not a super fancy interface but the content and organization style is quite good.

### 5/5 — Helpful guide for general surgical registrars

*2020-09-15*

👍

### 5/5 — Awesome app

*2019-04-27*

This is a great app that I’ve used all through intern year and have recommended for my co-residents. They’ve loved it so far.  I hope  the creator continues to update the info.

## Most praised reviews (1 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Great app

*2016-05-16*

I have found this compendium to be amazingly thorough, easy to navigate, and easy to use. Extremely helpful for studying and on-the-fly reminders of how to deal with even rare general surgery problems. Great app and I hope it continues to be updated.

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