From the outside Looking in: The Surgical Approach

Abstract

This series of articles will draw on Physiology and Anatomy, a homeostatic approach (hereafter referred to as ‘the reader’), written by John Clancy and Andrew McVicar. There will also be cross-references to the series of articles entitled ‘Homeostasis - the key concept to physiological control’ published in the British Journal of Theatre Nursing 1996-98. The articles will include some activities which the readers can carry out to test their understanding and deepen their knowledge base of the anatomy explored in each article. The introductory article will cover the common anatomical structures involved in the ‘surgical approach’, looking first at the anatomy and then relating it to surgical practice. Homeostasis is the key underlying principle to which the surgical practice will refer.