Minor Surgery in Practice
Published on 17. November 1994
Book
Hardback
378 pages
978-0-521-44466-8 (ISBN)
Description
Highlighting the newly recognized place of minor surgical procedures within the general or office practice, Dr Sodera effectively communicates the relevant skills necessary to develop this set-up for yourself. As a general practitioner and hospital casualty surgeon his ideal background is combined with the talents of a gifted teacher and accomplished artist, to take the reader through all the procedures applicable to UK practice and more - a comprehensive approach which will appeal to practitioners worldwide. Detailed step-by-step descriptions of over 160 techniques and procedures are clearly presented along with their medico-legal aspects. The book is beautifully and extensively illustrated throughout and includes clear anatomical drawings and photographs. As the most comprehensive text of its kind this work is sure to become a standard on the subject for many years to come.
Reviews / Votes
'This is a superb book on minor surgical procedures ... Minor surgery in practice deserves to become a standard work on the subject.' David Wall, The British Journal of General PracticeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
30 Tables, unspecified; 16 Plates, color; 258 Halftones, unspecified; 169 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 223 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
1312 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-44466-8 (9780521444668)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. Operating room and equipment; 3. Sterilisation; 4. Pre-operative preparation and post-operative care; 5. Precautions against hepatitis B and HIV infection; Part II: 6. Local anaesthetics; 7. Steroid injection techniques; 8. Aspiration and sclerosant injection techniques; Part III: 9. Surgical techniques: incisions; 10. Surgical techniques: wound closure; 11. Surgical techniques: cautery and curettage; 12. Cryotherapy techniques; 13. Wound healing and surgical complications; Part IV: 14. Minor surgical procedures: simple skin lesions; 15. Minor surgical procedures: skin biopsy; 16. Minor surgical procedures: subcutaneous lesions; 17. Minor surgical procedures: toenail surgery; 18. Minor surgical procedures: chronic skin ulcers; 19. Minor surgical procedures: minor gynaecological surgery; 20. Minor surgical procedures: in the male; 21. Minor surgical procedures: minor cosmetic procedures; Part V: 22. Minor casualties: simple wounds and burns; 23. Minor casualties: infections and haematomas; 24. Minor casualties: foreign bodies; 25. Minor casualties: epistaxis; 26. Minor casualties: emergency laryngotomy; References; Appendices.