The Fundamentals of SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS : A practical guide to their recognition, use and care.

The Fundamentals of SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS: A practical guide to their recognition, use and care -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Reviews -- Chapter 1: BASIC SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENT CLASSIFICATION -- History -- Classification -- Distinguishing features -- What they are used for -- Dissecting forceps -- Haemostat or artery forceps -- Retractor -- Scissors -- Scalpel -- Suction tips -- Needle holders -- Diathermy (electrosurgical) instruments -- Bipolar diathermy -- Tissue-holding forceps -- Swabs -- Chapter 2: INSTRUMENTS FOR CUTTING AND DISSECTION -- Scissors -- Scissor-like instruments -- Scalpels -- Osteotomes, chisels and gouges -- Chisel -- Osteotome -- Gouge -- Surgical mallet -- Chapter 3: RETRACTORS AND SPECULUMS -- Retractors -- Slings and tapes -- The lead or aluminium hand -- Speculums -- Vaginal speculums -- Rectal speculums -- Nasal speculums -- Aural speculums -- Ophthalmic speculums -- Chapter 4: FORCEPS -- Chapter 5: CLAMPS AND CLIPS -- Haemostatic clamps or 'clips' -- Vascular clamps -- Chapter 6: SUCTION DEVICES -- Chapter 7: SEARCHING AND DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENTS -- Rigid endoscopes -- Chapter 8: ANCILLARY INSTRUMENTATION -- Collingwood Stewart hernia ring -- Aneurysm needle -- Instruments for measurements -- Uterine sound -- Vascular instruments -- Phlebectomy hooks -- Tibbs flushing cannula -- Biliary instruments -- Micro instrumentation -- Dilators -- Cardiac dilators -- Sponge holder and towel clip -- Towel clips -- Curettes -- Trocar (and cannula) -- Dissectors -- Chapter 9: INTESTINAL INSTRUMENTS -- Bowel clamps -- Stapling devices -- Anterior resection of the rectum -- Chapter 10: GYNAECOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS -- Uterine sound -- Tenaculum forceps -- Spackman cannula -- Episiotomy scissors -- Polyp forceps -- Vaginal wall retractors -- Gynaecological clamps -- Elevating forceps -- Myomectomy screw.

Cervical biopsy -- Chapter 11: LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS -- Laparoscopes -- Light cables -- Trocars and ports -- Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) -- Insufflation of the abdomen -- Laparoscopic instruments -- Laparoscopic needle holders with a ring and axial handle -- Laparoscopic retractors -- The laparoscopic specimen retrieval pouch -- Tissue sealing systems -- Laparoscopic stack systems -- Chapter 12: ORTHOPAEDIC INSTRUMENTS AND POWER TOOLS -- Elevators -- Depth gauge -- Screws -- Bone-holding forceps -- Mallets -- Rongeurs -- Bone cutters -- Bone rasp -- Bone curette -- Surgical wires and pins -- Power tools -- Chapter 13: CARDIAC AND THORACIC INSTRUMENTS -- Chapter 14: THE INSTRUMENT TRAY AND INSTRUMENT SETS -- Ophthalmic sets -- Ear, nose and throat sets -- Plastic sets -- Genitourinary sets -- Orthopaedic sets -- Cardiac sets -- Thoracic sets -- Vascular sets -- Gynaecological and obstetric sets -- Neurosurgical sets -- Laparoscopy instrument sets -- The 'general' set -- Chapter 15: CARE, CLEANING AND STERILISATION -- Care of instruments during surgery -- Fundamentals of cleaning -- Sterilisation -- Index -- Back Cover.

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