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Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice

Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice


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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 Technology. Reader-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 chapters. Consistent chapter format breaks down surgical procedures in an easy-to-understand way that helps you understand the key elements of more than 200 procedures. Approximately 1,150 full-color illustrations and clinical photos bring concepts and procedures to life. Robust practice opportunities include review questions and case studies at the end of each chapter, along with additional review questions and surgical practice videos on the Evolve companion website. Learning features, including learning objectives, key terms, references and bibliographies, key concepts, and Important to Know boxes, keep you on track and organized as you move through the chapters. Pathology appendix summarizes the most commonly seen pathological processes and organizes them by body system. UPDATED! Content correlates with the AST Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology, 7th Edition. UPDATED! Expanded coverage includes the latest advances in robotics and minimally invasive procedures. UPDATED! Vivid artwork includes additional photos to help bring key concepts to life. Written by surgical technologists, for surgical technologists.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Surgical Technology Principles 1. Surgical Technology: The Profession and the Professional 2. Health Care Facility Structure and Environment 3. Communication and Teamwork 4. Medicolegal Aspects of Surgical Technology 5. Death, Dying and the Psychosocial Needs of the Patient 6. Diagnostic and Assessment Procedures 7. Environmental Hazards 8. Energy Sources in Surgery 9. Disaster Preparedness and Response 10. Microbes and the Process of Infection 11. Decontamination, Sterilization, and Disinfection 12. Surgical Instruments 13. Sterile Technique and Infection Control 14. Surgical Skills I: Planning a Case, Opening, and Start of Surgery 15. Surgical Skills II: Intraoperative and Immediate Postoperative Period 16. Moving, Handling, and Positioning the Surgical Patient 17. Surgical Skin Preparation and Draping 18. Perioperative Pharmacology 19. Anesthesia, Physiological Monitoring, and Postanesthesia Recovery Part II: Surgical Technology Practice 20. General Surgery 21. Minimally Invasive Surgery 22. Robotic-Assisted Surgery 23. Gynecological and Obstetrical Surgery 24. Genitourinary Surgery 25. Surgery of the Ear, Nose, Pharynx, and Larynx 26. Ophthalmic Surgery 27. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 28. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 29. Orthopedic Surgery 30. Neurosurgery 31. Vascular and Microvascular Surgery 32. Thoracic and Pulmonary Surgery 33. Cardiac Surgery 34. Pediatric Surgery 35. Emergency Trauma Surgery Appendix A. Common Pathology by System B. Drugs and Substances Associated with Surgery C. Math Review Glossary


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780443127601
  • Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
  • Publisher Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
  • Height: 276 mm
  • No of Pages: 1168
  • Weight: 750 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0443127603
  • Publisher Date: 15 Jan 2026
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Principles and Practice
  • Width: 216 mm


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