Surgical manual

2nd edition (1999)

The surgical manual is a reference work and textbook for nursing staff in the surgical service. Six editions have appeared so far.

development

The book was based on notes from two teaching nurses at the Altona General Hospital . Rüdiger Döhler published it as a book at Springer . In 1995 the operating manual was published. Basics, instruments, surgical procedure . The editors were the two surgical nurses Irmengard Middelanis-Neumann and Margret Liehn and the senior physicians Steinmüller and Döhler. The eleven chapters of the 1st edition dealt with the fundamentals of working in the operating theater , with visceral surgery , trauma surgery , vascular surgery , shunts and port catheters , thoracic surgery , gynecology , urology , neurosurgery , oral and maxillofacial surgery and ear, nose and throat medicine . Naturally, the book got bigger and bigger. The number of pages grew from 446 to 786, the number of chapters to 17. Topics have been added to cardiac surgery , pediatric surgery , ophthalmology , burns , plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery as well as organ removal . Wolfgang Teichmann , Petra Ebbeke and Axel Ekkernkamp wrote forewords. The 7th edition is being prepared and, like the 6th, will be provided by Margret Liehn and Brigitte Lengersdorf. Hartwig Bauer takes over the patronage . The book, which is no longer “handy”, is aimed at nurses in the surgical service and surgical technicians . It is also read by medical students and young doctors. Most of the authors still come from hospitals in Hamburg.

Editions and publishers

• 1st edition (1995): Middelanis, Liehn, Steinmüller, Döhler ISBN 3-540-57464-6 .
• 2nd edition (1999): Middelanis, Liehn, Steinmüller, Döhler. ISBN 3-540-65336-8 .
• 3rd edition (2003): Middelanis, Liehn, Steinmüller, Döhler. ISBN 3-540-43441-0 .
• 4th edition (2007): Liehn, Middelanis, Steinmüller, Döhler. ISBN 978-3-540-72269-4 .
• 5th edition (2011): Liehn, Steinmüller, Döhler. ISBN 978-3-642-16844-4 .
• 6th edition (2016): Liehn, Lengersdorf, Steinmüller, Döhler. ISBN 978-3-662-49280-2 .

Chapter authors of the six editions (I – VI)

• Basics : M. Liehn and L. Steinmüller (I – VI), I. Middelanis (I – III), Jörg Caselitz (III – V), Ina Welk (IV – VI).
• General surgery and visceral surgery : M. Liehn and L. Steinmüller (I – VI); Axel Poser (I-IV); Anke Augustin (III-IV); Sabine Bröker, Ursula Engel and Hendrik Schimmelpenning (V – VI); Marianne Preuth and Ralf Weise (VI).
• Trauma surgery / orthopedic surgery (with spine, hand and foot) : R. Döhler (I – VI); I. Middelanis (I-III); Wolfgang Maria Franck and Karsten Ritter-Lang (III); Stefanie Gottwald (IV); Anett Gudat, Christian Juergens , M. Liehn, Klaus Silk (IV – VI); Jürgen Madert, Silke Mein, Angela Simon, Rainer Thönnessen and Gabriele Walura (V – VI); Jan Cruse (VI).
• Vascular surgery : I. Middelanis (I-III); Helmut Kortmann (III); A. Kormann (III-VI); Marc Liedke (V – VI); Olga Assmann (VI).
• Shunts / port catheters : I. Middelanis (I-III); A. Kormann (IV-V); M. Liedke and L. Steinmüller (V – VI); M. Liehn (VI).
• Thoracic surgery : M. Liehn (I – VI); L. Steinmüller (I-III); Christiane Albrecht (IV); Rosa Böttger (IV – VI); Masaki Nakashima (V-VI); Sönke von Weihe (VI).
• Gynecology : I. Middelanis (I-III); Johannes Middelanis (III-IV); Ulrike Havemann and Mahtab Bazargan (V – VI).
• Urology : I. Middelanis (I-III); Rolf Hubmann (III-IV); U. Havemann and Thomas Wiebel (IV); M. Liehn (V); Anke Baumgarten, S. Bröker, Alexander Haese, Brigitte Lengersdorf, Cord Matthies and Denise Oppermann (V – VI); Annegret Nietz (VI).
• Neurosurgery : M. Liehn (I – VI); Ralf Pinnau (I-III); Eckhardt Fliedner (I-IV); Michael Kämper (III-IV); Martin Weißflog (III-VI); Martin Brunken and A. Gudat (IV – VI).
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery : M. Liehn and Günter Nehse (I – VI); Ina Giersdorf and B. Lengersdorf (VI).
• ENT surgery : M. Liehn (I – VI); Thomas Grundmann (IV-VI); Anna Paul (V); Carsten Juhran (V-VI); B. Lengersdorf (VI).
• Cardiac surgery : Birgit von Essen, M. Liehn and Friedrich-Christian Rieß (III – VI); Lorenz Hansen (V); Ursula Kammin and Anja Urbahns (V – VI)
• Pediatric surgery : M. Liehn and Peter Reifferscheid (II – VI).
• Ophthalmology : Arnd Bunse and I. Welk (IV – V); Florian Rüfer (V); B. Lengersdorf and Detlef Rose (VI).
• Burns : M. Liehn and Christel Westphal (IV – VI); Chr. Mädler (VI).
• Plastic / Aesthetic Surgery : B. v. Essen and Marian Stefan Mackowski (VI).
• Organ removal : M. Liehn (V – VI).

Web links

• Literature from and about OP-Handbuch in the catalog of the German National Library
• 5th edition (SpringerLink)
• Publication of the 6th edition (2016)

Remarks

1. ↑ Margret Liehn (Hamburg) is a specialist nurse in the surgical service and freelance lecturer for surgical care and surgical teaching.
2. ↑ Petra Ebbeke (Braunschweig) represented the German Professional Association for Nursing Professions in the management of the European Operating Room Nurses Association (EORNA).
3. ↑ Brigitte Lengersdorf (Hamburg) is a specialist nurse in operations and is a course leader for OTA training.