cover image - Surgical Technology - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 9th Edition
ISBN: 9780443268762
Copyright: 2027
Publication Date: 01-23-2026
Page Count: 1168
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $121.99

Surgical Technology - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 9th Edition

by John D. Ratliff, MHA, CST, FAST

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Surgical Technology - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 9th Edition
ISBN: 9780443268762
Copyright: 2027
Publication Date: 01-23-2026
Page Count: 1168
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $121.99
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**Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in General Surgery**

Prepare to deliver the best patient care before, during, and after surgery with this approachable guide to surgical skills and operating room procedures. In addition to covering all the content in the AST Core Curriculum, this one-of-a-kind text offers a unique mentoring approach and engaging learning features that make even complex skills and techniques easy to understand.
    • Comprehensive coverage addresses all areas of the AST Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology
    • Reader-friendly writing style and organization builds content from fundamental concepts, aseptic technique, and the role and function of the surgical technologist, to the specialty surgical procedure chapters
    • Consistent chapter format breaks down surgical procedures in an easy-to-understand way that helps you understand the key elements of more than 200 procedures
    • Approximately 1,150 full-color illustrations and clinical photos bring concepts and procedures to life
    • Robust practice opportunities include review questions and case studies at the end of each chapter, along with additional review questions and surgical practice videos on the Evolve companion website
    • Learning features, including learning objectives, key terms, references and bibliographies, key concepts, and Important to Know boxes, keep you on track and organized as you move through the chapters
    • Pathology appendix summarizes the most commonly seen pathological processes and organizes them by body system
    • UPDATED! Content correlates with the AST Core Curriculum for Surgical Technology, 7th Edition
    • UPDATED! Expanded coverage includes the latest advances in robotics and minimally invasive procedures
    • UPDATED! Vivid artwork includes additional photos to help bring key concepts to life
    • Written by surgical technologists, for surgical technologists
  • PART 1 SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY PRINCIPLES
    1. Surgical Technology: The Profession and the Professional
    2. Health Care Facility Structure and Environment
    3. Communication and Teamwork
    4. Medicolegal Aspects of Surgical Technology
    5. Death, Dying, and the Psychosocial Needs of the Patient
    6. Diagnostic and Assessment Procedures
    7. Environmental Hazards
    8. Energy Sources in Surgery
    9. Disaster Preparedness and Response
    10. Microbes and the Process of Infection
    11. Decontamination, Sterilization, and Disinfection
    12. Surgical Instruments
    13. Principles and Practice of Aseptic Technique
    14. Surgical Skills I: Planning a Case, Opening, and Start of Surgery
    15. Surgical Skills II: Intraoperative and Immediate Postoperative Period
    16. Moving, Handling, and Positioning the Surgical Patient
    17. Surgical Skin Preparation and Draping
    18. Perioperative Pharmacology
    19. Anesthesia, Physiological Monitoring, and Postanesthesia Recovery

    PART 2 SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE
    20. General Surgery
    21. Minimally Invasive Surgery
    22. Robotic-Assisted Surgery
    23. Gynecological and Obstetrical Surgery
    24. Genitourinary Surgery
    25. Surgery of the Ear, Nose, Pharynx, and Larynx
    26. Ophthalmic Surgery
    27. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
    28. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
    29. Orthopedic Surgery
    30. Neurosurgery
    31. Vascular and Microvascular Surgery
    32. Thoracic and Pulmonary Surgery
    33. Cardiac Surgery
    34. Pediatric Surgery
    35. Emergency Trauma Surgery
  • John D. Ratliff, MHA, CST, FAST, Surgical Technology Program Director, Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC, USA
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