Minor Surgery at a Glance is an essential companion for those who wish to learn or familiarise themselves with minor surgery, including trainees and practising surgeons, dermatologists, GPs, and emergency medicine physicians. Covering the basic principles of minor surgery, as well as offering an overview of techniques and common procedures accompanied by step-by-step illustrations, this book also provides concise summaries of vital information and the clinical practicalities. Providing an accessible and practical introduction to a rapidly expanding area of practice, Minor Surgery at a Glance is ideal for medical students, foundation programme doctors, and trainees in a wide variety of disciplines who perform minor operations.

Contributors viiPreface ixPart 1 Avoiding and Managing Problems: Principles of Safe Surgery 11 Consent 22 Physical environment 43 Set-up 64 Instruments 85 Infection control and prevention 106 Human factors 127 Focused history 148 Specimen processing and reporting 169 Follow-up 1810 Anaphylaxis 2011 Emergencies and resuscitation 2212 Audit and practice 2313 Communication and conflict resolution 24Part 2 Basic Pain Control and Anaesthesia 2714 Local anaesthesia 2815 Sedation 3016 General and regional anaesthesia 33Part 3 Core Surgical Knowledge 3717 Skin incisions 3818 Principles of wound closure 4019 Sutures 4220 Needles 4421 Diathermy 4622 Dressings 4823 Haemostasis 5024 Hypertrophic and keloid scarring 52Part 4 Practice of Minor Surgery 55Elective Minor Surgery 5525 Biopsy techniques 5626 Benign and premalignant skin lesions 5827 Melanoma 6028 Non-melanoma skin cancer 6229 Neck lumps 6430 Sebaceous cysts 6631 Lipoma 6832 The reconstructive ladder 7033 Cryotherapy for verrucae (plantar wart) 7234 Muscle and nerve biopsy 7435 Ingrown toenail 7636 Lymph node excision 7837 Sclerotherapy 8038 Botulinum toxin 82Emergency Minor Surgery 5539 Tetanus 8440 Scalp lacerations 8641 Foreign bodies 8842 Facial trauma and lacerations 9043 Hand injuries 9344 Trauma assessment 9645 Psychosocial considerations 9846 Incision and drainage of abscesses 10047 Complications 10248 Difficult locations 104Index 105