Definition of surgery
branch of medicine dealing with manual and operative procedures on patients
Purpose of surgery
correction of deformities and defects
repair of injury
diagnosis and cure of certain diseases
cosmetic
Tripod of surgery
Factors controlled by Controls
infection asepsis
hemorrhage ligature (suture)
pain anesthesia
Development inhibited by
knowledge of anatomy
control of hemorrhage, pain, infection
Ambroise Paire
greatest surgeon of 16th century
controlled hemorrhage with ligature
William Morton
anesthetist at MGH in an amphitheater called the Etherdome
Claudius Galen
father of experimental physiology
did not succeed, surgery lacked scientific base for another 1200 years
Louis Pasteur
father of microbiology
germ theory (infectious disease)
Crawford Long
used ether as an anesthetic to remove a turmor
Denton Cooley
performed first US heart transplant
William Halsted
popularized rubber gloves
Ignaz Semmelweis
advocated hand washing
Horace Wells
used nitrous oxide
committed suicide
Hippocrates
father of medicine
treat WHOLE patient
Theodor Billroth
advances in surgical procedures
gastrectomy
Florence Nightengale
first nursing theorist
sanitation changes
environment/cleanliness effects patient
perioperative care
Michael DeBakey
renowned cardiovascular surgeon
DeBakey forcep
Joseph Lister
father of modern surgery
antiseptics
NBSTSA
responsible for certification
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting