Microsurgical Techniques Have Been Applied to Cranial,spinal,and Peripheral Nerve Operations

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Microsurgical techniques have been applied to cranial,spinal,and peripheral nerve operations.Some procedures in which microsurgery is of value are explorations of the posterior fossa,especially for tumors of the fourth ventricle or cerebellopontine angle,and removal of small acoustic neuromas,with resulting preservation of the facial nerve.Each time the surgeon must look away and then back to the surgical field,open wound time and anesthesia time are increased while the surgeon becomes reoriented to the field.A nursing action,in the scrub person role,directed toward assisting the surgeon in efficiency and expediting the microsurgical procedure would be:

• A) have the patient prepped and draped before the time out.
• B) place the instruments and accessories within the surgeon's peripheral vision.
• C) hand instruments proficiently,in direction of use,without delay.
• D) transfer micro-wiped instruments and accessories via the first assistant.

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