"Behind the Mask: The Mystique of Surgery and the Surgeons Who Perform Them" brings the reader into the world of sugery as seen through the eyes of Dr. David Gelber,a general surgeon with over twenty years experience. The unique problems and decisions that surgeons face every day are explored; examining preoperative considerations, intraoperative events and post operative scenarios. True case studies and anecdotes are interweaved with insights almost never revealed to the non-medical population.