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
- · Surgery
- Definition and Fundamental Principles
- Asepsis and Antisepsis
- · 2.1 Sterilization Methods
- · 2.2 Surgical Hand Washing and Team Clothing
- Surgical Instruments: Functional Classification
- Suture Materials: Classification and Properties
- · 4.1 Absorbable vs. Non-absorbable
- · 4.2 Monofilament vs. Multifilament (Braided)
- · 4.3 Suture Gauge: USP Scale
- Suture Techniques and Surgical Knots
- · 5.1 Suture Patterns
- · 5.2 Principles of the Surgical Knot
- Surgical Hemostasis
- Surgical Incisions and Langer's Lines
- Wound Healing
- · 8.1 Types of Wound Closure
- Surgical Drains
- Electrosurgery and Surgical Energy
- Surgical Equipment, Positioning and Safety
- · 11.1 Roles of the Surgical Team
- · 11.2 Surgical Patient Positioning
- · 11.3 WHO Surgical Checklist
- Clinical Correlations: Complications of the Surgical Technique
- · 12.1 Surgical Site Infection (SSI)
- · 12.2 Wound Dehiscence and Evisceration
- · 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