Principles of Surgery
Welcome to the Principles of Surgery Home Page . The goal of this project is to aid students in mastering the skills and information presented in the course 'Principles of Surgery' at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.
General Information
All underlined, blue text are links. Clicking on them with the mouse will take you to another page within the surgery web, unless otherwise stated (e.g. the ). The surgery web is divided into 6 sections: Surgical Instruments, Preparing the equipment for surgery, Preparing the patient for surgery, Preparing the surgeon for surgery, Sutures and suture handling, and Links. By clicking on any one of these headings you will see what's contained within that section.
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Sections:
Surgical Instruments: This section consists of a photo gallery and key points about the instruments of surgery. It also includes information on proper instrument handling.
Preparing the equipment for surgery: This section introduces the methods of equipment sterilization . It includes information about how to prepare equipment for sterilization and how to ensure that proper sterilization is achieved.
Preparing the patient for surgery: This section describes preparation of the operative site for both large and small animals. Videos and photo series illustrate surgical scrubbing and draping procedures.
Preparing the surgeon for surgery: This section describes preparation of the surgeon for surgery . Videos and photo series illustrate surgeon's scrub, gowning and gloving. Information about various antiseptics is included.
Sutures and suture handling: This section includes instructional videos and animation to help you learn the suture patterns and knot tying presented in the laboratory. Both right handed and left handed knot tying are included.
Supplemental reading: This section includes supplemental reading on fiberglass casting and scrubbing techniques.
Links: This section contains links to outside sources of information. These include educational and commercial vendor sites.