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Surgery: Principles of Surgical Technique

Surgery · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Estudio exhaustivo de los fundamentos que rigen el acto quirúrgico: asepsia, instrumental, materiales de sutura, hemostasia, manejo tisular, cicatrización y seguridad operatoria, con correlaciones clínicas de nivel experto.

What it covers

  1. · Surgery
  2. Definition and Fundamental Principles
  3. Asepsis and Antisepsis
  4. · 2.1 Sterilization Methods
  5. · 2.2 Surgical Hand Washing and Team Clothing
  6. Surgical Instruments: Functional Classification
  7. Suture Materials: Classification and Properties
  8. · 4.1 Absorbable vs. Non-absorbable
  9. · 4.2 Monofilament vs. Multifilament (Braided)
  10. · 4.3 Suture Gauge: USP Scale
  11. Suture Techniques and Surgical Knots
  12. · 5.1 Suture Patterns
  13. · 5.2 Principles of the Surgical Knot
  14. Surgical Hemostasis
  15. Surgical Incisions and Langer's Lines
  16. Wound Healing
  17. · 8.1 Types of Wound Closure
  18. Surgical Drains
  19. Electrosurgery and Surgical Energy
  20. Surgical Equipment, Positioning and Safety
  21. · 11.1 Roles of the Surgical Team
  22. · 11.2 Surgical Patient Positioning
  23. · 11.3 WHO Surgical Checklist
  24. Clinical Correlations: Complications of the Surgical Technique
  25. · 12.1 Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
  26. · 12.2 Wound Dehiscence and Evisceration
  27. · 12.3 Pathological Healing

The complete study guide is in the app

This page summarizes the outline. The full interactive study guide —with high-yield diagrams, clinical tables, and board review cases— can be read inside Epistemis, completely offline and ad-free.

Subject
Surgery
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
27
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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