Differentiating Surgical Instruments

Here s a close-up look at more than 800 cutting, clamping, grasping, retracting, and other surgical instruments. Full-color photographs of the individual surgical instruments and their tips help you learn to distinguish among them. Thoroughly revised and updated, the 2nd Edition provides a more detailed analysis of the similarities and differences between instruments as well as more focused coverage of robotic, laparoscopic, arthroscopic, and thoracoscopic instruments. You ll also find a new BONUS CD-ROM and a wealth of Instructor and Student Resources online at DavisPlus. Take a close-up look at the tips of over 700 cutting, clamping, grasping, retracting, and other surgical instruments to help students clearly and effectively distinguish among them. "Surgical technology instructors have been in great need of a text like this one." -- Susan W. Boggs, RN, BSN, CNOR, Surgical Technology Program, Piedmont Technical College, Greenwood, South Carolina "I wish Differentiating Surgical Instruments was available when I was a student, its concepts and planning has created the most user friendly surgical instrument book I have seen. As a Surgical Technology Program Director I look forward to my future student benefiting from this book in the classroom and as training tool in central sterile supply for years to come. Differentiating Surgical Instruments has set the bar for future Surgical Instrumentation textbooks." -- Kevin R. Craycraft, CST, Surgical Technology Program, Central Kentucky Technical College, Lexington, Kentucky "The book is very well thought out. It includes everything necessary to make this the instrument book of the future." -- Judith Schatte, RN, CNOR, CRNFA, Brevard Community College, Cocoa, FL Provides a close-up look at more than 800 cutting, clamping, grasping, retracting, and other surgical instruments. Revised and updated, this second edition provides a more detailed analysis of the similarities and differences between instruments as well as more focused coverage of robotic, laparoscopic, arthroscopic, and thoracoscopic instruments.