- Provides a comprehensive and systematic approach platform on how to perform a surgical procedure
- Written by residents and highly experienced attending surgeons
- Provides techniques that dramatically shorten training time and maintain the skill level of a surgeon in training
This book is intended for medical students and surgical trainees such as surgical residents and fellows. It provides a practical preparation guide for common surgical procedures.
Operations are divided into twelve sections that cover commonly performed general surgery operations such as bariatric, breast, cardiothoracic, colorectal, minimally invasive, and more. The chapters included in these sections aim to assist residents and fellows in facilitating memorization of the operation sequence and movements required to perform a given task. It will also help enhance skill development in the operating room.
Written by residents and highly experienced attending surgeons,
Mental Conditioning to Perform Common Operations in General Surgery Training: A Systematic Approach to Expediting Skill Acquisition and Maintaining Dexterity in Performance provides a comprehensive systematic approach to performing surgical procedures.
Table of Contents- Gastric banding
- Gastric bypass
- Sleeve gastrectomy
- Modified radical mastectomy
- Lumpectomy
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Median sternotomy
- Chest tube thoracostomy
- Video assisted thoracic surgery pulmonary wedge resection
- Thoracentesis
- Lap sigmoid resection left lateral to medial approach
- Lap sig resection left medial to lateral approach
- Sigmoid resection
- External hemorrhoidectomy
- Loop ileostomy creation
- Loop ileostomy takedown
- Lap right hemicolectomy
- Radio-cephalic arteriovenous fistula
- Internal jugular vein central line placement with anatomic landmarks
- Internal jugular vein central line placement with ultrasound
- Subclavian vein central line placement
- Tracheostomy
- Laparoscopic appendectomy
- Lap cholecystectomy
- Heller myotomy
- Nissen fundoplication
- Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with Billroth II anastomosis
- Laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair with Nissen fundo
- Open gastrostomy
- Open jejunostomy
- Lap splenectomy
- Open ventral hernia repair with underlay mesh
- Open small bowel resection and primary side-to-side bowel anastomosis
- Lap gastric stimulator placement
- Lap TEP IHR
- Parathyroidectomy
- Thyroidectomy
- Lap pancreatic cystogastrostomy
- Lap left hepatectomy
- Lap right hepatectomy
- Lap pancreatoduodenectomy
- Open distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy
- Plastic surgery
- Excision of lipoma
- Mole excision
- Arterio-venous fistula formation
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Thrombectomy and thromboembolectomy
- Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair
- Single simple surgical knot
- Umbilical port placement
- Port placement
