Surgical Word Book

Thousands of entries make this book a valuable, pocket-sized reference guide. More than 60,000 surgical terms are spelled out and arranged alphabetically for quick retrieval. More than 275 important categories--such as anesthetics, positions, sutures, procedures, prostheses, abraders--have extensive sublistings that are fully cross referenced. Eponymic names are fully covered, and potentially confusing terms--Trendelenburg position, Bateman prosthesis, and so forth--are cross referenced.Tessier, Claudia J. is the author of 'Surgical Word Book', published 1991 under ISBN 9780721621289 and ISBN 0721621287.