Description
Book SynopsisThis new edition provides surgeons and trainees with the latest advances in their field.
Beginning with an overview of basic preparation techniques, patient positioning, sutures, and an introduction to instrument handling, the following sections discuss many different surgical techniques.
Each chapter has been fully revised and the third edition features new topics including robotic surgery, lasers, endoscopy, and new surgical instruments and procedures.
Authored by an internationally recognised team of experts, the comprehensive text is further enhanced by more than 300 clinical photographs and diagrams.
Key points
- Fully revised, new edition providing latest advances in surgical techniques
- Third edition features many new topics
- Highly illustrated with more than 300 clinical photographs and diagrams
- Previous edition (9789350903759) published in 2013
Table of Contents
- Scrubbing, Gowning and Gloving Techniques
- Knot Tying Techniques
- Wound Closure Techniques
- Surgery of Common Skin Lesions under Local Anesthesia
- Sutures in Surgery
- Patient Positioning during Surgery
- Anastomosis in Surgery
- Art of Instrument Handling
- Drains in Surgery
- Minimal Access Surgery
- Hemostasis
- Biopsy Techniques
- Dissection Techniques
- Surgical Diathermy: Principles and Precautions
- Dressing and Wound Care
- Basics of Lasers in Surgery
- Basic Surgical Procedures
- General Surgical Instruments
- Recent Developments in Energy Sources in Surgery
- Principles of Robotic Surgery
- Basic Endoscopy
