Minor surgery
Subtitle: a text and atlas
By: John Stuart Brown.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Arnold; Co-published in the USA by Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
Subjects: Surgical Procedures, Minor -- Atlases
Genres: Atlases.
Notes: Previous ed.: London : Chapman & Hall Medical, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Introduction; title: Ch. 2. Instruments; title: Ch. 3. The minor operating theatre; title: Ch. 4. The role of the practice nurse/operating theatre assistant; title: Ch. 5. Infection control; title: Ch. 6. Sterilizing and disinfecting Instruments; title: Ch. 7. Assessment, preoperative preparation and skin preparation; title: Ch. 8. Anaesthesia; title: Ch. 9. Surgical Techniques; title: Ch. 10. Incisions; title: Ch. 11. Skin closure; title: Ch. 12. Suturing lacerations; title: Ch. 13. Dressings; title: Ch. 14. Suture removal; title: Ch. 15. Chemical cauterization; title: Ch. 16. Electrocautery; title: Ch. 17. The unipolar diathermy; title: Ch. 18. Cryotherapy; title: 19. Histology; title: Ch. 20. Statistical analysis; title: Ch. 21. Audit; title: Ch. 22. Injections and aspirations; title: Ch. 23. Incision of abscesses; title: Ch. 24. Dermatological minor surgery; title: Ch. 25. Skin lesions; title: Ch. 26. Skin tags and papillomata; title: Ch. 27. Warts and verrucae; title: Ch. 28. Sebaceous cysts; title: Ch. 29. Excision of lipoma; title: Ch. 30. Minor operations on the toes; title: Ch. 31. Biopsy techniques; title: Ch. 32. Epistaxis; title: Ch. 33. Use of the proctoscope; title: Ch. 34. Sigmoidoscopy; title: Ch. 35. Thrombosed external haemorrhoids; title: Ch. 36. Treatment of internal haemorrhoids; title: Ch. 37. Varicose veins; title: Ch. 38. Minor surgical procedures in gynaecology; title: Ch. 39. Vasectomy; title: Ch. 40. Lymph-gland biopsy; title: Ch. 41. Treatment of Ganglia; title: Ch. 42. Radiosurgery; title: Ch. 43. Miscellaneous minor surgical procedures; title: Ch. 44. Resuscitation; title: Ch. 45. Decompression of the carpal tunnel; title: Ch. 46. Release of trigger finger; title: Ch. 47. Stab-avulsion varicose veins; title: Ch. 48. Excision of ganglia; title: Ch. 49. Caudal epidural and intravenous regional anaesthesia; title: Ch. 50. Plastic and reconstructive surgery; title: Ch. 51. Minor operations in ophthalmology; title: Ch. 52. Dental problems in general practice; title: Ch. 53. Providing information to the patient; title: Ch. 54. Medicolegal aspects of minor surgery; title: Ch. 55. The general practitioner and the national health service