Surgical Handicraft is a practical guide for interns, residents and practising surgeons. It serves as an instruction manual on best practice and preparations for surgery. The book is comprised of 33 chapters, initially covering the duties and responsibilities of house surgeons and residents, before detailing different techniques for best practice in a variety of areas, including sterile hand washing and gloving techniques, resuscitation of a patient, insertion of IV cannula, Ryles tube and Foley Catheter, local anaesthetics and nerve blocks and minor surgical procedures. Other important chapters include discussion on the MRSA super-bug, and the ‘Safe Surgery Saves Lives’ initiative from the World Health Organisation. Surgical site infections, the third most common cause for hospital-acquired infections, are fully discussed in a separate chapter, including Centre for Disease Control protocols, which address this problem. Surgical Handicraft includes 177 full colour images and illustrations and a step-by-step DVD-ROM illustrating four surgical techniques (bandaging, tube thoracostomy, insertion of central line, and venesection), making this book an ideal resource for those wishing to improve and gain confidence in their surgical preparations.

Key Points

* ۳۳ chapters covering various minor procedures in surgery

* ۱۷۷ full colour images and illustrations

* DVD-ROM featuring step-by-step guidance on four surgical techniques

About the Author

R Dayananda Babu MS MNAMS Professor of Surgery and HOD, Sree Gokulam Medical Colleage, Venjaramoodu, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Contents

Chapter 01 M deI Conduct for House SurgeonsResidents
Chapter 02 Duties and Responsibilities of House Surgeonslnterns [Compulsory Rotating Resident Internship CRRI)
Chapter 03 9 Tips for House SurgeonsResidents
Chapter 04 Handwashing Practice
Chapter 05 Gloving Techniques
Chapter 06 ‘Safe Surgery Saves Lives’ A WHO Initiative
Chapter 07 Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA)
Chapter 08 Surgical Site Infection
Chapter 09 Intravenous Fluids and Postoperative Fluid Management
Chapter 10 Intravenous Cannulation
Chapter 11 Central Venous Catheter
Chapter 12 CardiopuImonary Resuscitation
Chapter 13 Sutures
Chapter 14 Preoperative Preparation in General for Elective Surgery
Chapter 15 Preoperative Preparation of Common Operations
Chapter 16 Classification of Surgical Cases and ASA Classification of Physical Fitness
Chapter 17 Prophylactic Antibiotics in Surgery
Chapter 18 Prophylaxis of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
Chapter 19 Surgical Blades, Skin Incisions and Acute Wound Closure
Chapter 20 Local Anesthetics Used for Minor Surgery
Chapter 21 DigitaI Nerve Blocks [Finger and Toe Blocks)
Chapter 22 Minor Surgical Procedures of Subcutaneous Swellings
Chapter 23 Ingrowing Toe Nail
Chapter 24 Incision and Drainage of Abscess
Chapter 25 Venous Cutdown
Chapter 26 Resuscitation in Trauma
Chapter 27 Intercostal Drainage Tube
Chapter 28 Urethral Catheterization
Chapter 29 Nasogastric Intubation [Ryle’s Tube)
Chapter 30 Bandaging Techniques
Chapter 31 Use of Antiseptics and Ointments for Wound Management
Chapter 32 Head Injury
Chapter 33 Orthopedics