Fundamentals of Operative Surgery, 2/e


Author: Yagnik
Edition: 2/e
ISBN: 9789387506817
Language: English
Published: 2018
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Primarily designed for medical students, this book would be equally useful to postgraduates and practitioners in surgery.

Fundamentals of Operative Surgery, 2/e

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Primarily designed for medical students, this book would be equally useful to postgraduates and practitioners in surgery. It presents superbly illustrated, authoritative yet simple exposition of the various operative techniques and laparoscopic procedures in addition to common ward procedures, suture materials, specimens and instruments.

Key Features

  • All the topics extensively revised and updated to include recent advances in the field of surgery.
  • Videos for operative procedures such as laparoscopic appendectomy, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, PCNL, URS, and TURP.
  • Newly added chapters include written informed consent, anesthesia, abdominal incisions, fundamentals of minimal access surgery, general postoperative complications, and drugs (include emergency drugs as well as antibiotics).
  • Newly added topics include laparoscopic cholecystectomy, operations for benign perianal conditions, central venous access, PCNL, URS, TURP, thyroidectomy, MRM, CT scan, MRI, and nuclear medicine.
  • Special emphasis has been given to the chapters on specimens and Frequently Asked Questions to help the students in preparing for their theory as well as viva voce examinations. Salient points have been added as ‘Pearls’ in most of the chapters.
  • Succinct text, bulleted points, quick-reference tables, boxes, and well-labelled illustrations and specimens.
  • Plenty of full-color intraoperative photographs to capture procedures step by step.
  • Stepwise description of commonly performed operations starting from the indications till the postoperative management including relevant anatomy and physiology.

Table of Contents

  1. Preoperative Preparation....................................................................................................................  1
  2. Written Informed Consent................................................................................................................. 17
  3. Anesthesia .......................................................................................................................................... 21
  4. Abdominal Incisions........................................................................................................................... 33
  5. Fundamentals of Minimal Access Surgery....................................................................................... 40
  6. Operative Procedures........................................................................................................................ 53
  7. General Postoperative Complications..............................................................................................167
  8. Ward Procedures................................................................................................................................182
  9. Radiological Investigations.................................................................................................................202
  10. Sterilization..........................................................................................................................................231
  11. Instruments........................................................................................................................................ 242
  12. Suture Materials................................................................................................................................. 269
  13. Specimens........................................................................................................................................... 277
  14. Drugs................................................................................................................................................... 309
  15. Endoscopy........................................................................................................................................... 318
  16. Frequently Asked Questions............................................................................................................. 329

Index................................................................................................................................................. 435