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1. Introduction to Surgical Technology.
2. Legal Concepts, Risk Management, and Ethical Issues.
3. The Surgical Patient.
4. Physical Environment and Safety Standards.
5. Technological Science Concepts.
Part II: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY.
6. Principles of Microbiology.
7. Surgical Asepsis and Sterility: Best Practices and Techniques.
8. Emergency Situations and All-Hazards Preparation.
9. Surgical Pharmacology and Anesthesia.
10. Instrumentation, Equipment, and Supplies.
11. Hemostasis, Wound Healing, and Wound Closure.
12. Preoperative Surgical Case Management.
13. Intraoperative and Postoperative Surgical Case Management.
Part III: SURGICAL PROCEDURES.
14. Diagnostic Procedures.
15. Minimally Invasive Applications.
16. General Surgery.
17. Obstetric and Gynecologic Surgery.
18. Ophthalmic Surgery.
19. Otorhinolaryngologic Surgery.
20. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
21. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
22. Genitourinary Surgery.
23. Orthopedic Surgery.
24. Cardiothoracic Surgery.
25. Peripheral Vascular Surgery.
26. Neurosurgery.
Appendix A: Anatomy Plates.
Index.