Open AccessAcute Care SINS: Surgical Insights for the Non-surgeon - Chapter 2: Tubes, Drains, and Ostomies
Author(s) -
Rachel G. Khadaroo,
Jayne Sutherland,
Peter G. Brindley
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
canadian journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2369-1778
pISSN - 1911-1606
DOI - 10.22374/cjgim.v8i1.101
Subject(s) - medicine , general surgery , surgery , cover (algebra) , surgical procedures , engineering , mechanical engineering
“Surgical Insights for the Non-surgeon,” or SINS, is composed of several short chapters intended to cover fundamental surgical knowledge for non-surgeons. The authors focus on surgical pearls, operative insights, and applied anatomy. In Chapter 2 of this series, the authors outline tubes, drains, and ostomies, including their indications and possible complications.