This pocket guide presents more than 500 surgical procedures! State-of-the-art revisions familiarize the reader with new standards of excellence for care of the surgical patient in the perioperative environment. For each procedure, you'll find a definition, discussion, description of the surgery, preparation of the patient, skin preparation, draping technique, instrumentation, supplies, and special notes pertinent to that surgery. Comprehensive patient care is addressed, including psychological care of the patient in surgery, safety measures for the patient and perioperative personnel, the written record of intra-, pre- and postoperative care, The Joint Commission's Universal Protocol and AORN's standards and recommended practices, (including correct site and laterality considerations). Its in-depth coverage also encompasses charting as a legal document, patient teaching, detailed surgical patient positioning with drawings, anesthesia and anesthetic agents, laser application, robotics, endoscopy (including laparoscopic, hysteroscopic, thoracoscopic, and arthroscopic procedures), microsurgery (including microendoscopy and microneuroendoscopy), harmonic scalpel, argon beam coagulator, special considerations for the pediatric patient in surgery, (including anesthesia modifications and surgical procedures).
Clinical Nurse IV, Formerly, Operating Room Clinical Education Instructor, Medical Center of Tarzana, Tarzana, California; Consultant to Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 19th and 20th Editions
I: Considerations: Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Care including Psychological Support of the Surgical Patient 1. Perioperative Care of the Patient 2. Protection of the Patient in surgery/ Patient Safety 3. Safety Measures for Operating Room Personnel II: Anesthesia General Information 4. Anesthesia Modalities 5. General Anesthesia 6. Conduction Anesthesia III: Technical Adjuncts to Surgery 7. Laser Technology 8. Endoscopy: A Minimal Access Approach 9. Robotics 10. Microsurgery 11. Harmonic Scalpel and Plasma Scalpel 12. Argon Beam Coagulator 13. Radiofrequency Ablation IV:?Surgical Procedures 14. Integumentary and Minimally Invasive Surgery 15. Breast Surgery 16. Abdominal Extraintestinal Surgery 17. Gastrointestinal Surgery 18. Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery 19. Genitourinary Surgery 20. Thoracic Surgery 21. Vascular Surgery 22. Cardiac Surgery 23. Orthopedic Surgery 24. Neurologic Surgery 25. Plastic Surgery 26. Neck Surgery 27. Otorhinolaryngological (ENT) Surgery 28. Ophthalmic Surgery 29. Dental Surgery 30. Radiation Therapy/Radiotherapy Procedures 31. Pediatric Surgery V: Instrument Trays 32. General Surgery Instrument Trays 33. Gynecologic and Obstetric Trays 34. Genitourinary Trays 35. Thoracic Instrument Trays 36. Cardiovascular Procedures Instrument Trays 37. Orthopedic Instrument Trays 38. Neurosurgical Procedures Instrument Trays 39. Plastic Surgery Instrument Trays 40. Otorhinolaryngologic (ENT) Instrument Trays 41. Ophthalmic Procedures Trays 42. Dental Instrument Trays 43. Pediatric Instrument Trays
