A Manual of Operating Room Procedures was first published in 1937. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.This convenient manual of the operating room procedures was prepared for use in the University of Minnesota hospitals. Of value to medical students and nurses, it covers the daily routines and specific procedures in the preparation of the patient and operating room in more than seventy-five types of surgical operations. The volume contains a foreword by Dr. Owen H. Wangsteen, former Chief of Surgery, University of Minnesota.

This pocket guide presents more than 500 surgical procedures! State-of-the-art revisions familiarize the reader with new standards of excellence for care of the surgical patient in the perioperative environment. For each procedure, you’ll find a definition, discussion, description of the surgery, preparation of the patient, skin preparation, draping technique, instrumentation, supplies, and special notes pertinent to that surgery.