This comprehensive textbook covers the principles and techniques of operative surgery and surgical anatomy. With detailed illustrations and step-by-step instructions, it is an essential reference for surgeons and medical students alike. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The textbook compiled in accordance with the Program of the educational subject “Topographic Anatomy and Operative Surgery” for higher medical educational institutions of the III–IV levels of accreditation of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. The textbook presents up-to-date data in Topographic Anatomy and Operative Surgery of the regions of head, neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, spine and limbs. The topographic specific characteristics of organs and anatomical structures have been ascertained and they should be taken into account in the process of performing diagnostic and treatment procedures. A technique of principal surgical operations with due regard for the history and the modern state of the medical science is adduced in detail. For medical students, internship doctors, residents. Підручник підготовлений відповідно до Програми навчальної дисципліни Топографічна анатомія та оперативна хірургія” для вищих медичних закладів освіти ІІІ–ІV рівнів акредитації МОЗ України. Англійською мовою викладені сучасні дані з топографічної анатомії та оперативної хірургії ділянок та органів голови, шиї, грудей, живота, поперекової ділянки, таза, хребта та кінцівок. Для студентів, лікарів-інтернів, клінічних ординаторів.

A Handbook of Operative Surgery and Surgical Anatomy with Chapters on Instruments presents the methods, techniques, and instruments used in operative surgery and surgical anatomy. The book covers broad aspects of surgical procedures and methods that are practiced in operating rooms. The text provides instructions and details on operations on various parts of the body such as the stomach, neck, central and sympathetic nervous systems, bones, and thorax. Methods of amputations, ligation of arteries, selection and use of instruments for operations and the electro-surgical methods of operation are elaborated as well. Surgeons, physicians, and those working in medical operating rooms will find the text invaluable.