Pye Surgical Handicraft Latest Edition

[Cecila Dammrich]

Pyes surgical handicraft : a manual of surgical manipulations, minor surgery and other matters connected with the work of house surgeons and surgical dressers / edited by H.W. Carson. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Comprising 45 chapters, the text begins with discussion on duties and responsibilities of house surgeons and residents, before detailing different techniques for best practice in a variety of areas, including sterile hand washing and gloving techniques, resuscitation of a patient, insertion of IV cannula, Ryles tube and Foley Catheter, local anaesthetics and nerve blocks, and minor surgical procedures.

The second edition has been fully revised to present the latest techniques in the field. Additional chapters are included covering informed consent and negligence, surgical knots, intestinal and vascular anastomosis, energy sources in surgery, and surgical nutrition.

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