Instrumentation for the Operating Room: A Photographic Manual

A full-color photographic manual, INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE OPERATING ROOM familiarizes perioperative and operating room personnel with today's surgicalinstruments for all major surgical procedures. Reflecting the advances of modern technology, this text features the most current instrumentation andequipment available, including new instruments for endoscopic surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmic surgery,orthopedic surgery, and oral, maxilla, and facial surgery. All images are new and photographed digitally to illustrate the necessary detail of instruments and improve image clarity. Operating room personnel as well as students in perioperative nursing and surgical technology programs benefit from this valuable reference.

* Includes completely new images in full color. * Features all images shot in digital photography to enhance the clarity and detail of the surgical instruments. * Includes close-up shots of instrument tips to highlight the distinguishing characteristics of otherwise similar-appearing surgical tools. * Provides photographs of new surgical instruments, including microsurgical instruments in neuro, cardiovascular, and orthopedic surgery, to address the latest in surgical instrument advances. * Organizes instruments by surgical procedure within each surgical specialty for easy access to information. * Contains photographs of surgical instrument sets, along with accessory and specialized instruments, to provide the broadest variety of instruments without redundancy.