Surgical Guides Illustration Project
The Client
Surgical guides written by Mr Rakesh Bhardwaj MBCh (Bristol) FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Ed) MD (London) FRCS (Gen Surg) a Consultant General, Laparoscopic & Colorectal Surgeon. Rakesh has significant experience in both General Surgery with specific specialist interests in the fields of Colorectal surgery. This includes colon and rectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and functional bowel disease. As part of his role as surgeon, Rakesh is involved with the development of the trainee surgeons in his departments. Finding a gap in the training material, Rakesh’s quest has been to develop a straight forward written guide to be complimented by medical illustrations and diagrams, that will help the trainee surgeon learn quickly and effectively within the field of Laparoscopic & Colorectal Surgery.
Target Audience
The aim of the project was to complete each stage of hernia surgery as a step by step guide for inclusion in a surgical guide. The target audience trainee surgeons.
Gallery of Illustrations of Hernia Surgery
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- Body planes
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- Site the incision with pen marker
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- First layer incision
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- Cutting of camper fascia
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- Exposure of external oblique aponeurosis
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- Dividing the aponeurosis
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- Revealing the cord
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- Isolation of the cord
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- Isolation of the sac
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- Surgical excision and imbrication of sac
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- Transfixion of indirect sac
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- Direct sac is visible
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- Cutting of mesh diagram
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- Fishtail closure technique
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- Mesh with inferior stitching
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- Placement of mesh
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- Closure
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- Closure of external oblique
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- Closure of scarpa fascia
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- Closure of skin