title: [Surgical instruments (I). An introduction to surgical instruments].
abstract: In surgical wards, the variety and increasing complexity of techniques used, together with the high number of materials and instruments employed, demands that professionals who join these wards have a specific professional development related to instruments and techniques. In this short series of articles, the author shall present distinct manners to gain knowledge about instruments in such a way that at the end of this series, professionals who are interested will have a guide to help them acquire a deep understanding of surgical instruments, their common usage and their specialized characteristics. A bibliography will be included with the last article.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario, Principe de Asturias, Alcalá de Henares, EUE, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Illana Esteban
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D013525:Surgical Instruments