Essential Surgical Skills with CD-ROM by David A. Sherris, Eugene B. Kern

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This popular resource delivers a thorough overview of every basic surgical term, concept, and technique. The essentials of surgery are concisely presented and abundantly illustrated. From tissue injury, local anesthetics, and surgical instruments...through obtaining hemostasis, skin flaps, scar excision and closure...to postoperative wound care, the 2nd Edition presents everything readers need to know to perform all of the maneuvers essential to surgical success. Two bonus CD-ROMs complement the text, using full-color animations and live-action video to demonstrate all of the skills step by step.



Detailed illustrations and intra-operative photographs make every point clear.

Video clips of operating room preparation and procedures show readers how to proceed-step by
17 quizzes throughout the book as well as a 100-question test (with answers) enable readers to assess their mastery of the material.

CD-ROM #2 presents another 100-question test (with answers) that provides immediate feedback and scores as well as 25 randomized questions (without answers,) scored after the quiz is completed.



New illustrations and animations demonstrate suturing and knot tying instructions for both right- and left-handed surgeons.

A new section on endoscopic surgery includes suturing and knot tying, and new chapters address appendectomy and skin flaps.

Expanded coverage of obtaining hemostasis reflects the latest knowledge, including topical hemostatic agents and the coagulation cascade.

Includes up-to-date information on the latest surgical equipment, adhesives, and more.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Patricia L. Turner, MD(University of Maryland School of Medicine)
Description:This is the second edition of an illustrated workbook, including two interactive CD-ROMs, that outlines basic surgical technique for the surgical novice.
Purpose:The purpose is to teach basic surgical technique to students of surgery. The animated CD-ROM complements the text in a user-friendly manner.
Audience:The target audience for this book includes medical students and entry-level residents in general surgery, all surgical subspecialties, and other procedure-oriented specialties.
Features:The book has numerous photographs, over 500 drawings, and an interactive pair of CD-ROMs. The drawings are clear, and move in a methodical fashion through technique fundamentals. Chapters include skin anatomy, the surgical scrub, surgical instrumentation, sutures and knots, wound closure, hemostasis, and postoperative wound care.
Assessment:This book accomplishes its goal, which is to provide a primer of surgical technique to surgical novices. The interactive CD-ROMs, along with the detailed step-by-step drawings insure that all students will see the proper way to perform fundamental surgical skills. Many photographs show the skills performed on pig's feet, as students would do, for accuracy. With some additional time for practice, students will be technically prepared for their entrée to the operating theatre. This is not a review of basic or clinical science but provides, as its title suggests, a discussion of essential surgical skills.

Rating

4 Stars! from Doody

Product Details

• ISBN: 072163950X
  
• ISBN-13: 9780721639505
• Format: Textbook Paperback, 224pp
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Pub. Date: March 2004
• Edition Description: Book & CD-Rom
• Edition Number: 2
• Sales Rank: 155,004

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