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Minor Surgery at a Glance
Mohan, H. — Winter, D.
1ª Edition January 2017
English
ISBN 9781118561430
Publisher WILEY
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Minor Surgery at a Glance is an essential companion for those who wish to learn or familiarise themselves with minor surgery, including trainees and practising surgeons, dermatologists, GPs, and emergency medicine physicians. Covering thebasic principles of minor surgery, as well as offering an overview of techniques and common procedures accompanied by step-by-step illustrations, this book also provides concise summaries of vital information and the clinical practicalities.
Providing an accessible and practical introduction to a rapidly expanding area of practice, Minor Surgery at a Glance is ideal for medical students, foundation programme doctors, and trainees in a wide variety of disciplines who perform minoroperations.
Contents
Contributors vii
Preface ix
Part I Avoiding and managing problems: principles of safe surgery 1
1 Consent 2
2 Physical environment 4
3 Set-up 6
4 Instruments 8
5 Infection control and prevention 10
6 Human factors 12
7 Focused history 14
8 Specimen processing and reporting 16
9 Follow-up 18
10 Anaphylaxis 20
11 Emergencies and resuscitation 22
12 Audit and practice 23
13 Communication and conflict resolution 24
Part II Basic pain control and anaesthesia 27
14 Local anaesthesia 28
15 Sedation 30
16 General and regional anaesthesia 33
Part III Core surgical knowledge 37
17 Skin incisions 38
18 Principles of wound closure 40
19 Sutures 42
20 Needles 44
21 Diathermy 46
22 Dressings 48
23 Haemostasis 50
24 Hypertrophic and keloid scarring 52
Part IV Practice of minor surgery 55
Elective minor surgery
25 Biopsy techniques 56
26 Benign and premalignant skin lesions 58
27 Melanoma 60
28 Non-melanoma skin cancer 62
29 Neck lumps 64
30 Sebaceous cysts 66
31 Lipoma 68
32 The reconstructive ladder 70
33 Cryotherapy for verrucae 72
34 Muscle and nerve biopsy 74
35 Ingrown toenail 77
36 Lymph node excision 80
37 Sclerotherapy 82
38 Botulinum toxin 84
Emergency minor surgery
39 Tetanus 86
40 Scalp lacerations 88
41 Foreign bodies 90
42 Facial trauma and lacerations 92
43 Hand injuries 95
44 Trauma assessment 98
45 Psychosocial considerations 100
46 Incision and drainage of abscesses 102
47 Complications 104
48 Difficult locations 106
Index 107
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