Surgery: Introduction and General Principles

Surgery · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

El acto quirúrgico es la intervención terapéutica más invasiva de la medicina: agresión controlada con fines curativos. Comprender sus principios —desde la evaluación del riesgo hasta la biología de la cicatrización— es la base de toda práctica quirúrgica segura, racional y reproducible.

What it covers

1. Surgery Introduction and General Principles
2. · Definition, History and Classification of Surgery
3. · Surgical Periods: the Perioperative Continuum
4. · Preoperative Evaluation and Surgical Risk Stratification
5. · Informed Consent and Ethical-Legal Aspects
6. · Asepsis, Antisepsis and Biosafety in the Operating Room
7. · General Principles of Anesthesia
8. · Surgical Instruments and Basic Operative Technique
9. · Sutures and Surgical Synthesis Material
10. · Metabolic and Endocrine Response to Surgical Trauma
11. · Wound Healing: Biology and Modulating Factors
12. · Perioperative Antibiotic and Antithrombotic Prophylaxis
13. · General Surgical Complications
14. · Postoperative Pain Management and Enhanced Recovery (ERAS)
15. · WHO Surgical Checklist and Safety Culture