• Addresses the roles of the registered nurse and the surgical technologist in the perioperative environment.
• Covers more than 500 surgical procedures, including more than 100 new and significantly amended procedures.
• Features extensive coverage of minimal access surgery, including endoscopic procedures for multiple specialties, microsurgical techniques, and instrumentation for these procedures.
• New sections on various dental and orthognathic procedures and intraoperative radiotherapy are presented.
• Includes a Surgical Assessment and Perioperative Checklist, and a Preoperative Care Plan adaptable to the individual patient, complete with areas that focus on nursing care and desired outcomes.
• Included the sections containing the latest information on advanced surgical modalities employing lasers, endoscopy, robotics, microsurgical techniques and instrumentation, the Harmonic® and Plasma® scalpels, the Argon beam coagulator®, and radiofrequency ablation.
• Updates the section on anesthesia and anesthetic drugs.
• Describes equipment and instrument trays, including pediatric trays.
• Provides charting/documentation of care to comply with medicolegal requirements.
• Special Notes to alert the circulator and the scrub person to important information that may not necessarily be found elsewhere.

Additionally, you''ll get valuable added features, available only from Skyscape:

• Full Images: Vivid images that aid in diagnostic workup.
• Table Viewer: All the richness of extensive tables, easily viewable on the compact screen of your mobile device.