How to Operate - For MRCS Candidates and Other Surgical Trainees DVD (3 DVD Set)

A unique blend of integrated video and book content, How to Operate provides a comprehensive, multimedia training resource for medical students, junior doctors, MRCS candidates and surgeons in training.

The three DVDs present over 40 of the most common general, urological, ENT and orthopaedic surgical procedures, complete with step-by-step commentary from experienced surgical consultants. At key points during each procedure, the frame freezes so that anatomical structures and pathology are ‘drawn’ onto the frame for clarity and to reinforce learning.

The 10 hours of video is supported by an accompanying book containing an introduction to each procedure, a thorough explanation of the operation mirroring the video with relevant video stills, and bullet point summaries which can be used as OSCE-style checklists.

With a foreword by John Black, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, How to Operate is a truly comprehensive learning resource for all budding surgeons. All you need to become a surgeon is here – scalpel not included!


Table of Contents

List of Contributors

Foreword by John Black, President of the Royal College of Surgeons

Preface

General

1 Inguinal Hernia Repair
2 Split Skin Graft
3 Femoral Hernia Repair
4 Incision and Drainage of Abscess
5 Wedge Resection for Ingrown Toenail
6 Paraumbilical and Umbilical Hernia Repair
7 Appendicectomy
8 Establishing a Pneumoperitoneum
9 Laparotomy

Vascular

10 Long Saphenous Vein Stripping
11 Short Saphenous Vein Ligation
12 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
13 Below Knee Amputation
14 Carotid Endarterectomy
15 Temporal Artery Biopsy
16 Femorodistal Bypass
17 Brachiocephalic Fistula

Urology

18 Scrotal Exploration
19 Vasectomy
20 Circumcision
21 Nephrectomy

Orthopaedics

22 Dynamic Hip Screw
23 Hip Hemiarthroplasty
24 Carpal Tunnel Decompression

Upper Gastrointestinal

25 Gastrectomy
26 Splenectomy
27 Gastrojejunostomy
28 Open Cholecystectomy
29 Thoracotomy

Breast

30 Mastectomy,
31 Wide Local Excision
32 Axillary Node Clearance
33 Fibroadenoma

Ear, Nose and Throat

34 Thyroidectomy
35 Tracheostomy

Colorectal

36 Haemorrhoidectomy
37 Colostomy and Other Stomas
38 Small Bowel Resection and Anastomosis
39 Excision of Pilonidal Sinus
40 Right Hemicolectomy

Appendices

41 Surgical Instruments
42 Sutures
43 Patient Safety and the WHO Surgical Checklist
44 Theatre Etiquette
45 How to Write the Operation Note
46 Consent

Index


Review

“This is a unique and useful addition to the bookshelves (and DVD players) of those progressing through basic surgical training. Detailed step-by-step videos of common operations are each accompanied by a chapter in the book detailing the procedural steps, coupled with operative pictures, radiographs and anatomical diagrams to illustrate the important learning points. The videos provide a clearly narrated guide to operative practice, pitched for the junior trainee starting out in the operating theatre. The narration tackles the realities of operations and their difficulties with useful tips and a common sense, occasionally humorous approach not found in more senior and specialist titles that often seem to present a more polished version of reality than one encounters in your own operating theatre. The procedures videoed cover the breadth of a typical core surgical training rotation, including general, vascular, urological, orthopaedic, upper gastrointestinal, ENT, breast, and colorectal procedures. For example, within upper gastrointestinal surgery the videos feature gastrectomy, splenectomy, gastrojejunostomy, open cholecystectomy, and thoracotomy. It is perhaps surprising that no-one has already put such a training package together. Many have used Acland’s anatomy DVDs for MRCS revision, and although sub-specialist operative training DVDs do exist these are limited in scope and are prohibitively expensive. It must surely have been a labour of love to assemble and edit these training videos all together, and the author and production team are to be congratulated on bringing this to life as well as they have. In the modern multimedia age this could well become as essential as Kirk’s seminal text on basic surgical techniques was to previous generations climbing the slippery surgical ladder. Given the broad coverage of disparate specialties, from orthopaedics to urology, the package will perhaps have limited interest to more senior trainees and one wonders whether dedicated editions featuring each of the nine surgical specialties will be forthcoming in future. Certainly there would be demand for this. Similarly, the level of the accompanying book is no replacement for operative surgery bibles such as Farquharson’s or Kirk’s, but neither does it set out to be. Overall, many surgical trainees at the core/senior house office/resident level will find [this] greatly beneficial to their training.” (Ed Fitzgerald MRCS, Specialist Registrar, General Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London)