CHAPTER 104 Open Heart Valve Extras Additional images are available at: evolve.elsevier.com/Tighe/instrumentation/ Possible instruments needed for the procedure include a basic open heart set and open heart extras. 104-1 Left…
CHAPTER 10 Laparoscopic Adult MIS Set A laparoscopic adult MIS (minimally invasive surgery) set is used for various surgeries within the abdominal cavity. Examples include bowel resection and cholecystectomy. 10-1…
CHAPTER 14 Laparoscopic Bowel Resection A bowel resection is the excision of a portion of the small or large intestine and the reanastomosis of it through a laparoscope or through…
CHAPTER 22 Mastectomy Additional images are available at: evolve.elsevier.com/Tighe/instrumentation/ A mastectomy is the removal of a breast (mammary gland). A brief description of the procedure follows: 1. Lahey traction forceps are…
CHAPTER 126 Anterior Cervical Fusion An anterior cervical fusion is performed to relieve pain and stabilize the neck by fusing the cervical vertebrae. The patient is placed in the supine…
CHAPTER 87 Facial Fracture Set Facial fracture is a traumatic injury in which the continuity of the bone tissue of one or more facial bones is broken. 87-1 Top, left…
CHAPTER 34 Prostatectomy A prostatectomy is the removal of the prostate gland. The prostate may be removed in three ways: abdominally by a suprapubic or a retropubic approach; by a…
CHAPTER 97 Thoracoscopy A thoracoscopy visualizes inside the chest cavity via a laparoscope. Possible instruments needed for the procedure include a laparoscope, an MIS adult set, and a minor instrument…
CHAPTER 96 Tracheotomy A tracheotomy is an incision into the trachea below the cricoid cartilage in the anterior neck. A brief description of the procedure follows: 1. A Bard-Parker scalpel handle…
CHAPTER 26 Abdominal Hysterectomy Abdominal hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus through an abdominal incision. Additional structures that may be removed through the same incision and at the same…
