How to Operate : for MRCS candidates and other surgical trainees, includes 3 DVDs (Multiple-component retail product, part(s) enclose)

List of Contributors

Foreword by John Black, President of the Royal College of Surgeons

Preface

General

1 Inguinal Hernia Repair

2 Split Skin Graft

3 Femoral Hernia Repair

4 Incision and Drainage of Abscess

5 Wedge Resection for Ingrown Toenail

6 Paraumbilical and Umbilical Hernia Repair

7 Appendicectomy

8 Establishing a Pneumoperitoneum

9 Laparotomy

Vascular

10 Long Saphenous Vein Stripping

11 Short Saphenous Vein Ligation

12 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

13 Below Knee Amputation

14 Carotid Endarterectomy

15 Temporal Artery Biopsy

16 Femorodistal Bypass

17 Brachiocephalic Fistula

Urology

18 Scrotal Exploration

19 Vasectomy

20 Circumcision

21 Nephrectomy

Orthopaedics

22 Dynamic Hip Screw

23 Hip Hemiarthroplasty

24 Carpal Tunnel Decompression

Upper Gastrointestinal

25 Gastrectomy

26 Splenectomy

27 Gastrojejunostomy

28 Open Cholecystectomy

29 Thoracotomy

Breast

30 Mastectomy,

31 Wide Local Excision

32 Axillary Node Clearance

33 Fibroadenoma

Ear, Nose and Throat

34 Thyroidectomy

35 Tracheostomy

Colorectal

36 Haemorrhoidectomy

37 Colostomy and Other Stomas

38 Small Bowel Resection and Anastomosis

39 Excision of Pilonidal Sinus

40 Right Hemicolectomy

Appendices

41 Surgical Instruments

42 Sutures

43 Patient Safety and the WHO Surgical Checklist

44 Theatre Etiquette

45 How to Write the Operation Note

46 Consent

Index