Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice

By Joanna Kotcher and Joanna Kotcher Fuller

Book Overview

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles(R) 2024 in General Surgery**

Prepare to deliver the best patient care before, during, and after surgery with this approachable guide to surgical skills and operating room procedures. In addition to covering all the content in the AST Core Curriculum, this one-of-a-kind text offers a unique mentoring approach and engaging learning features that make even complex skills and techniques easy to understand.Comprehensive coverage addresses all areas of the AST Core Curriculum for Surgical TechnologyReader-friendly writing style and organization builds content from fundamental concepts, aseptic technique, and the role and function of the surgical technologist, to the specialty surgical procedure chaptersConsistent chapter format breaks down surgical procedures in an easy-to-understand way that helps you understand the key elements of more than 200 proceduresExperienced author/consulting editor team lends a breadth of experience for a well-rounded and multi-perspective focus on operating room procedures and quality patient careOver 1,200 full-color illustrations and clinical photos bring concepts and procedures to lifeRobust practice opportunities include review questions and case studies at the end of each chapterLearning objectives serve as checkpoints for comprehension and as study tools in preparation for examinationsKey terminology appears in boldface throughout chapter discussions with key terms defined and cross-referenced to a back-of-book glossaryKey concepts are covered in a bulleted list at the end of each chapter discussion to summarize and review chapter contentReferences and bibliographies provide a listing of in-text and additional citations of scientific research and best practicesPathology appendix summarizes the most commonly seen pathological processes and organizes them by body systemNEW Robotic Surgery chapter describes the most advanced equipment and procedures involving surgical robotsAdditional skills content includes patient preparation, transporting, positioning, and drapingExpanded coverage of endoscopic procedures is featured in the Minimally Invasive Surgery chapter

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323680186
• ISBN13: 9780323680189
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 1152 Pages
• Weight: 6.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 8.9" x 11.1"