Flashcards
Spaced repetition decides what you see today. Five minutes clears the cards that matter.
Last-minute ABSITE review in minutes, not hours
Flashcards, practice questions and quick answers for general surgery residents. Built for the gaps between cases.
Approved by a board-certified surgeon.
Three ways to study, one thumb
Question bank
ABSITE-style vignettes with an explanation under every option. Tutor or timed.
Ask
Type a question, get bullets from approved content, with sources you can open.
Study between cases
Open the app between cases
Your due cards and weak topics are already queued.
Study in 5 to 10 minutes
Clear cards or run a short block with one thumb.
Misses come back
A missed question adds its flashcards to your queue, and a variant returns in a later block.
What makes our question bank different
Every question has 2 variants
Each idea is asked three ways, each a new vignette. You learn the idea, not the answer to one question.
What you miss comes back as a variant
Get a question wrong and a variant returns in a later block. Or finish a block and practice variants of the questions you missed.
Every option explained
Why the right answer is right, and why each wrong answer is wrong, not only the correct one.
Suspected esophageal perforation
- Question
Neck pain and crepitus 6 hours after dilation of a stricture. First study?
- Variant 1
Chest pain and fever after forceful vomiting. A tear is suspected. First study?
- Variant 2
Air in the neck after a fish bone is removed at endoscopy. First study?
All three: a water-soluble contrast esophagram first
Specialties
- General SurgeryLive
Coming soon
- Vascular Surgery
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Pediatric Surgery
- Colorectal Surgery
- Surgical Oncology
- Trauma and Critical Care
- Plastic Surgery
- Urology
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Otolaryngology (ENT)
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Free
$0
Try it on your next call shift.
- Sample flashcard deck
- A few practice questions
- A few Ask questions
Monthly
$XX/ month
Flexible for exam season.
- All General Surgery flashcards
- Full question bank, Tutor and Timed
- Ask questions every month
- Weak-topic practice
Yearly
$XX/ year
Best for the full training year.
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Questions
Where does the content come from?
Every card, question and Ask answer is drafted from Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, then approved by a board-certified surgeon before you see it. Each item shows its chapter.
How long does a session take?
Daily cards are built for 5 to 10 minutes at a time. You choose how many questions go in a block.
Which specialties are covered?
General Surgery at launch. Other specialties are coming soon.
Can I use it on my phone like an app?
Yes. Add it to your home screen and it opens full screen, like a native app.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Manage or cancel your plan from Settings. You keep access until the end of your billing period.
Is this medical advice?
No. thesutureself is a study aid for exam preparation, not medical advice.
Every item cites Sabiston. Approved by a board-certified surgeon.
Content is drafted from Sabiston Textbook of Surgery, then checked line by line by surgeon reviewers. Nothing reaches you until it's approved.
Barrett's with high-grade dysplasia: resect nodules, then radiofrequency ablation.
Sabiston · Esophagus chapterSurgeon approved