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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsSECTION 1: Concepts and Attitude
1. Surgical Deportment and Opinion: I Think, Therefore I Am
2. Join the Race or be Left Behind — “Staying Abreast”
3. Panic and the Surgeon: “To Fuse or Defuse”
4. Self-doubt, Self-audit, Self-reliance — Optimizing Competence: Confidence Ratio
5. Conceptualization and Visualization of an Operation: Preparation for Surgery
6. Art of Assistance in Surgery: “Standing beside You”
7. The Art of Selecting a Suitable Incision in Surgery and Art of Retraction
8. Approach to a Lady as a Surgical Patient
9. Approach to a Child as a Surgical Patient
10. Pain — Friend or Foe
11. Progress in Minimal Access Surgery
12.Tissue Handling: “Gently does it”
SECTION 2: Surgeon and His Tools
13. Catheters and Cannulas
14. Electrocautery — Arts and Principles: A Fundamental Concept
15. Hypodermic Needles — Intramuscular and Intravenous
16. Needles — Solid Needles
17. Stumps
18. Sutures and Suturing Techniques
19. Drains and Tubes
20. Dressings
21. Knots and Knotting Techniques
22. Painting, Draping, and Positioning in Surgery
23. Vascular Anastomosis
24. How to Send a Sample for Biopsy?
25. Sample Collection in Microbiology
26. Use of Ultrasound in the Operation Theater: Vascular and Non-vascular Uses
27. Surgeon and Surgical Instruments
SECTION 3: Young Surgeon as the First Responder
28. Anesthetist as the First Responder
29. Orthopedic Trauma
30. Superficial Injuries and Burns
31. Trauma and the Vascular Surgeon
32. Primary Management of Ocular Trauma in Polytrauma
33. Roadside Trauma in a Pregnant Patient: The Obstetrician’s Role
SECTION 4: Ward Procedure Skills
34. Central Venous Line Insertion
35. Nasogastric Tube and Insertion Technique
36. Abdominal Paracentesis and Thoracocentesis
37. Epistaxis
38. Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology
39. Intra-articular Aspiration, Injection, and Soft Tissue Injection
40. Liver Biopsy
41. Lumbar Puncture
42. Urinary Catheterization: How to do it Safely
