This atlas presents a wide range of procedures, from the most common to the rarely performed, in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format. Clear illustrations accompany the text and emphasise critical procedural steps. The coverage is consistent, comprehensive, and logically organised by the organs on which the procedures are performed.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Positioning of the Patient for Surgery Chapter 2: Types of Incisions Cherney Maillard Pfannenstiel Midline Paramedian Chevron Midtransverse Chapter 3: Abdominal Wall Closures Interrupted Running Classical Smead Jones Running Smead Jones Retention Chapter 4: Suture Choices Chapter 5: Incisional Pain Relief Marcaine Injection Chapter 6: Hemostasis Electrocautery ABC (argon beam coagulator) Thrombin and Gelfoam Packing Hemoclips Clamp and Tie Clampe and Suture Chapter 7: Drains Suction Non-Suction Chapter 8: Vulva Vulvar Biopsy Wide Local Excision Laser Vaporization Alcohol Injection Labial Fusion Release Hymenotomy Bartholins Gland Incision and Drainage Word Catheter Marsupialization Bartholins Gland Incision Schuchardts Incision Correction of Vaginal Outlet Stenosis Skinning Vulvectomy with Graft Radical Vulvectomy with Groin Dissection Closure with Z-plasty Chapter 9: Introitus and Anus Vestibulectomy Anal Sphincteroplasty Urethral Hymenal Fusion Release Chapter 10: Vagina Vaginal Biopsy Anterior Colporrhaphy Posterior Colporrhaphy Sacrospinous Vaginal Vault Fixation Sacral Colpopexy Vaginal Enterocele Repair Abdominal Enterocele Repair Vaginal Evisceration Excision of Vaginal Septum Colpotomy for Pelvic Abscess Drainage Vaginal Paravaginal Repair and Bilateral Sacrospinous Vaginal Vault Suspension Abodminal Paravaginal Repair Gartner Duct Cyst Excision Marsupialization Correct Vaginal Structure Vaginal Myomectomy Colpocleisis Vaginoplasty - McIndoe with Split Thickness Skin Graft Vaginoplasty - Williams Myocutaneous Gracillis Graft Procedure for Vaginal and Vulvar Reconstruction Rectovaginal Fistula Repair Simple Vaginectomy Chapter 11: Urethra/Incontinence Caruncle Excision Cryosurgery Urethral Meatoplasty Urethrovaginal Fistula Repair with Martius Graft Neourethra Urethral Diverticulum Excision Urethral Diverticulum - Spence Procedure Suburethral Sling Retropubic Urethropexy - Marshall-Marchetti-Krantz Retropubic Urethropexy - Burch Stamey Needle Urethropexy Pereyra Procedure Paraurethral Bulking Agent Injection Vesicouterovaginal Fistula Repair Chapter 12: Bladder Cystotomy and Repair Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair - Latzko Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair - Abdominal Bladder Pillar Block Bladder Denervation Chapter 13: Cervix Cervical Biopsy and Endocervical Curettage Cryosurgery Conization Laser Ablation Loop Electrical Excision Incompetent Cervix Repair Cervical Stump Excision Chapter 14: Tubes and Ovaries Salpingectomy Salpingo-oophorectomy Tubal Sterilization Pomeroy Irving Uchida Fimbrectomy Tubal Sterilization - Fulguration Ovarian Wedge Resection Ovarian Cystectomy Ovarian Transposition Chapter 15: Uterus Paracervical Block Intracervical Anesthesia Uterosacral Ligament Transection (Doyle Procedure) Dilatation and Curettage Diagnostic Pregnancy Termination Uterine Perforation Abdominal Myomectomy Unification of Double Uterus Manchester Procedure Vaginal Cuff Closures Running Interlocking - Open Running Interlocking - Closed Stapler Total Vaginal Hysterectomy Vaginal Hysterectomy with Morcellation and Myomectomy Total Abdominal Hysterectomy Subtotal Abdominal Hysterectomy Abdominal Hysterectomy - Intrafascial Abdominal Hysterectomy - Post Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Modified Radical Hysterectomy Radical Hysterectomy with Bilateral Pelvic Lymphadenectomy and Suprapubic Catheter Insertion Suprapubic Catheter Insertion Chapter 16: Abdominal Wall Procedures Incisional Hernia Abdominal Wall Dehiscence Chapter 17: Ureter Ureterolithectomy Ureteroureterostomy Ureteroneocystostomy Urinary Conduit (Intestinal) Indiana Pouch Open Placement of Ureteral Stent Chapter 18: Colon Appendectomy Loop Colostomy Closure Loop Colostomy End Colostomy with Hartmann Pouch EEA Colorectal Anastomosis Side-to-Side Stapler Technique Valtrac Technique Resection of Transverse Colon and Omentum with Reanastomosis Management of Intestinal Injury Including Resection with Stapler Anastomosis End-to-Side Colorectal Anastomosis Chapter 19: Small Bowel Bypass with Mucous Fistula Bypass without Mucous Fistula Feeding Jejunostomy Chapter 20: Extra-Abdominal Procedures Groshong Catheter Placement Subclavian Port-a-Cath Chapter 21: Ultra Radical Pelvic Operation Total Pelvic Exenteration Chapter 22: Miscellaneous Abdominal and Pelvic Procedures Omental J-Flap Gastrostomy Tube Placement Diaphragmatic Biopsy Peritoneal Port-a-Cath Omentectomy TRAM Flap Resection Pelvic Peritoneum Staging Laparotomy for Cervical Cancer Periaortic Lymph Node Dissection Chapter 23: Laparoscopy Technique - Skin Incisions Technique - Veress Needle Insertion Technique - Trochar Positions Technique - Fascial Closure Accessory Instruments Electrosurgical Principles Sterilization - Coagulation Sterilization - Bands Sterilization - Clips Biopsy with Accessory Instruments Endometriosis Treatments Control of Hemorrhage Lysis of Adhesions Ectopic Pregnancy - Salpingostomy Ectopic Pregnancy - Salpingectomy Ovarian Cystectomy Oophorectomy Myomectomy Hysterectomy Burch Suspension Tubal Re-Anastomosis Chapter 24: Hysteroscopy Accessory Instruments Lysis of Adhesions Incision of Septum Resection of Polyps and Myomas