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• Title:Essential surgical skills / David A. Sherris, Eugene B. Kern.
  
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• Author/Creator:Sherris, David A.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Kern, Eugene B.
  Sherris, David A. Basic surgical skills.
  
• Published/Created:Philadelphia, Pa. : Curtis Center, ©2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WO500 .S547 2004
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:c.1 Text Missing - 03-07-2018
    
  • Location Has:Text & CD-rom
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects: Surgery--Examinations, questions, etc.
  
• Medical Subjects:Surgical Procedures, Operative--methods--Atlases.
  
• Genre/Form:Atlases.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:223 pages : illustrations + 2 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)
  
• Summary:Provides succinct, easy-to-understand surgical techniques and procedures. Precise halftone illustrations accompany each procedure along with detailed explanation. Focuses on the basic techniques for those medical students interested in a surgical career.
  
• Notes:Previously published as: Basic surgical skills / David A. Sherris, Eugene B. Kern. 1999.
  System requirements: CD-ROM for Windows & Macintosh.
  
• ISBN:072163950X
  
• Contents:A. operating room
  B. Anatomy of the skin and deeper areas
  1. Epidermis
  2. Dermis
  3. Deeper areas
  C. wound
  1. Tissue injury - wounding
  2. Wound classification
  3. Factors that affect wound healing
  4. Healing
  D. Basic principles in surgery
  1. Hemostasis
  2. Handling of the tissues
  3. Incision planning
  4. Relaxed skin tension lines
  5. Undermining
  6. Choice of suture materials
  7. Closing with sufficient tension
  8. Tissue moisture
  9. Debriding necrotic (dead) tissue
  10. Dead spaces
  11. Postoperative wound stress
  E. Local anesthetics
  1. Anesthetics
  2. Injection technique
  F. Scrubbing
  1. Washing your hands
  2. Gowning
  3. Gloving
  G. Surgical instruments
  1. Scalpel
  2. Tissue scissors
  3. Forceps
  4. Skin hooks
  5. Retractor
  6. Needle holder (needle driver)
  7. Hemostat
  8. Suction
  9. Cautery
  10. Suture scissors
  11. Towel clip
  12. Staple gun
  13. Additional equipment
  H. Suture, needles and knots
  1. Introduction
  2. Suture materials
  3. Choosing a surgical needle
  4. Common needle types
  5. Knot tying
  I. Obtaining hemostasis
  1. Basics of hemostasis
  2. coagulation cascade
  3. Topical hemostasis
  4. Indications for use of topical hemostatic agents
  5. Free vessel ligature
  6. Figure-of-8 stick tie
  7. Electrocautery
  8. Bone wax
  J. Wound closure
  1. Principle of halving
  2. Subcutaneous closure
  3. Subcuticular closure
  4. Skin closure
  5. Suture techniques
  6. Summary of suture methods
  7. Non-suturing techniques
  8. Drains
  9. Retention suture (bolster)
  10. Closure of the anterior abdominal wall
  11. Closure of a scalp wound
  K. Skin flaps
  1. Introduction
  2. Fusiform (elliptical) excision
  3. Advancement flap
  4. Rotation flap
  5. Z-plasty
  6. Note flap
  7. Bilobe flap
  8. Rhombic flap
  L. Scar excision and closure
  1. W-plasty closure
  2. Geometric broken line closure
  M. Postoperative wound care
  1. Local wound care
  2. Suture removal
  3. Staple removal
  4. Drain removal
  N. 100 quiz questions
  O. Glossary of terms
  P. 100 quiz answers
  Q. Main menu for CD ROM (disc 1)
  1. Scrubbing - washing hands
  2. Gowning and gloving
  3. Surgical instruments
  4. Knot tying (right handed) video animation
  5. Knot tying (left handed) video animation
  6. Endoscopic tying
  R. Main menu for CD ROM (disc 2)
  1. Laboratory exercises and surgical techniques (pigs' feet)
  2. Quiz
  S. Notes from CD ROM
  T. Acknowledgments
  U. Instructions for CD ROM installation
  V. Operating CD ROM.