Handbook of Surgical Technique
A True Surgeon's Guide to Navigating the Operating Room
- 1st Edition - September 14, 2017
- Authors: Christopher J. Hartman, Louis R. Kavoussi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 4 6 2 0 1 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 1 2 2 2 - 0
From patient preparation to hand washing, from equipment to basic surgical procedures, this highly practical manual by Drs. Christopher J. Hartman and Louis R. Kavoussi, pr… Read more
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Request a sales quoteFrom patient preparation to hand washing, from equipment to basic surgical procedures, this highly practical manual by Drs. Christopher J. Hartman and Louis R. Kavoussi, provides students, residents, and clinicians with a firm foundation in the core techniques and skills required for the operating room environment. Concise and easy to read, it uses a highly illustrated, step-by-step approach to teach the must-know information common to the culture, resources, and processes of today’s operating rooms.
Introduction: The Surgical Culture
1. Preoperative Preparation of the Patient
2. Welcome to the Operative Theater
3. Patient Positioning and Prepping
4. Scrubbing and Staying Sterile
5. Basic Tools of the Trade and How to Use Them
6. Assisting in the OR: How to Help and Not Get in the Way
7. Sutures and Suturing
8. Making an Incision
9. Repairing the Damage: Closing an Incision
10. Postoperative Care
11. Minimally-Invasive Surgery
1. Preoperative Preparation of the Patient
2. Welcome to the Operative Theater
3. Patient Positioning and Prepping
4. Scrubbing and Staying Sterile
5. Basic Tools of the Trade and How to Use Them
6. Assisting in the OR: How to Help and Not Get in the Way
7. Sutures and Suturing
8. Making an Incision
9. Repairing the Damage: Closing an Incision
10. Postoperative Care
11. Minimally-Invasive Surgery
- No. of pages: 232
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 14, 2017
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323462013
- eBook ISBN: 9780323512220
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Louis R. Kavoussi
Louis R. Kavoussi, MD, MBA, is Chairman of Urology for Northwell Health and Waldbaum-Gardner Distinguished Professor of Urology at the newly established Zucker School of Medicine. He heads the Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, which is dedicated to the treatment of urological disease through innovative surgical procedures, diagnostics and medical care
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, The Smith Institute for Urology