Operating Theatre Technique: A Textbook for Nurses, Operating Department Assistants, Medical Students, Junior Medical Staff and Operating Theatre Des

This guide for operating department personnel and junior medical staff has been revised to describe current operating theatre techniques and instrumentation, particularly in the fields of microsurgery and endoscopy. All the chapters have been updated and recent developments are described, particularly in chapters referring to electromedical equipment, endoscopy, operating microscopes, sterilization, suture materials and anaesthesia and a new chapter on operating department design has been introduced. The section on orthopaedics now includes details of AO instrumentation and external skeleton fixation for fractures. Architects involved in the planning and design of theatres should also find the book helpful.