Foundations of Operative Surgery

Technical expertise in the operating theatre remains a hallmark of surgical practice. Theatre etiquette and instrument handling skills are highly specific to the specialty of surgery, and trainees need to quickly become familiar with them. This book introduces operative technique in an original way. It first discusses the roles and responsibilities of the surgical trainee and explains some the unwritten rules of behaviour in the operating theatre. It then brings a unique approach to teaching operative surgery by describing operations as a series of generic manoeuvres which, when mastered and put together in the correct order, will allow any procedure to be performed - and prove useful across subspecialty boundaries. This approach is illustrated using clear diagrams and full colour photographs. It is further enhanced through a free DVD comprising 55 high quality video clips taken from live operating sessions which illustrate the various techniques described inside. An excellent book Highly original and clearly presented Medical Book Awards This book addresses the importance of understanding fundamental aspects of surgical practice by its target audience of specialty trainees and foundation doctors with surgical interest [and] coherently describes aspects of surgical etiquette, illustrates elementary surgical techniques in excellent detail, and is a valuable resource for those in the early stages of surgical training. Surgeons News1. Preparing yourself; 2. Conducting yourself; 3. Before you start; 4. Making incisions; 5. Retracting; 6. Separating tissues; 7. Knots; 8. Haemostasis; 9. Approximating tissues; 10. Laparoscopic surgery; 11. Drains and dressings; 12. Putting it all together