1st Edition

Basic Surgical Skills An Illustrated Guide

By Graeme Downes Copyright 2023
132 Pages 148 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

132 Pages 148 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

132 Pages 148 Color Illustrations
by CRC Press

An easy to follow step-by-step guide to the most useful surgical skills from knot tying to simple procedures. Illustrated with colour photographs and video clips to demonstrate techniques, this book makes these practical skills as clear and easy to follow as possible. Including coverage of surgical instruments, wound management and suturing, and minor surgical procedures, it also explains how... Read more

List of videos

Acknowledgements

Author bio

1. Introduction

Graeme M Downes

2. Scrubbing

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3. Basic surgical instruments

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4. Sutures

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5. Tying surgical knots

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6. Local anaesthesia

Rituja Kamble

7. Suture techniques

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8. Electrosurgery

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9. Wound debridement

Graeme M Downes and Rituja Kamble

10. Cyst excision

Graeme M Downes and Rituja Kamble

11. Making the most of your surgical placement

Howard Chu

Appendix 1: Suturing checklist

Rituja Kamble and Graeme M Downes

Appendix 2: Advice after sutures

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Index

Biography

Dr Graeme Downes MRCS, Plymouth, UK BSc – Lifesciences – Open University MBBS – Imperial College London MA(Ed) – Open University – Dissertation in Write up, completion September 2022 Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons Core Surgical Trainee – British Army Completed Foundation training in Plymouth, before carrying out General Duties with the British Army, deploying on exercises and operational tours. Applied for core surgical training, ranking 2nd in national selection in 2021. Commenced Core Surgical training (Plastic surgery themed).