Surgical and Medical Procedures

students and doctors to make a quick reference to different Surgical & Medical procedures and techniques which has been described in the app, and we have endeavoured to explain in an informative manner for those seeking knowledge about medical and surgical procedures.

Each Procedure has been explained under the following headings:

● Introduction

● Indications

● Equipment

● Procedure

● Contraindications

● Complications

These Surgical Procedures given are as follow:

●Manual airway maneuvers – Head tilt and Jaw thrust

●Pericardiocentesis

●Urethral Catheterization

●Retrograde Urethrography

●Penile Nerve Block

●Amniocentesis

●Dorsal Slit

●Liver Biopsy

●Thyroidectomy

●Cholecystectomy

●Appendectomy

●Abscess Incision & Drainage

●Digital Rectal examination

●Proctoscopy

●Pericardiocentesis

●Arthrocentesis or Joint Aspiration

●Thoracentesis or Plueral Tap

●Ascitic Tap

●Suprapubic Urinary Catheterization

●Venous Cutdown

●Arterial Blood Gases

●Central Venous Catheterization

●Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation

●Intra-dermal Injection

●Subcutaneous Injection

●Intramuscular Injection

●Blood Transfusion

●Tube Thoracotomy

●Nasogastric Intubation (Gastric Lavage)

●Intravenous Cannulation

●Endoscopy

●Tracheostomy

●Nebulization

●Blood Pressure Recording

●Venipuncture

●Lumbar Puncture