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The surgical team works together to safely transfer the patient, usually with a basic roller board. The surgeon and/or resident and the circulator verify the safety of the patient. The patient is NEVER left …

It is a clean environment, and bags and other items bring microorganisms in. When you enter the OR, introduce yourself to the circulating nurse (at a minimum). If you haven’t met the surgeon before, it’s …

The modern surgeon is involved with the management of a patient from preoperative evaluation, through the conduct of the operation into the postoperative care period, and often into generating a long-term …

Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, Enrico Benedetti, Alberto Mangano Gateways in Vascular Surgery: An Operative Atlas Timur P. Sarac, Vikram S. Kashyap The General Surgeon’s Guide to Passing the …

Crew Resource Management training (the model for medical team training) has been mandatory for commercial aviation since 1991. 7 Although most surgeons consider themselves to be good …

Robotic surgery requires the primary surgeon to step outside the sterile field and relinquish control to the team at the patient’s bedside. As a result, having a well-trained assistant becomes critical.

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The surgeon should position table-mounted bars at the level of the axilla on the left or right side of the patient to allow for self-retaining retractor affixation. A small roll or bump is placed at the level of the …

To provide the panorama of surgical procedures outlined in this book, the vascular surgeon must master the ability to expose and control the aorta and yet be able to delicately dissect free tibial vessels.