Main description:

Practical Procedures in General Practice is an essential guide for any GP looking to establish a minor surgery service, and covers: * setting up a minor surgery clinic * advice on local funding guidelines * patient selection and assessment * basic operative procedures * joint injections * long-term contraception * specialist procedures such as carpal tunnel decompression and non-scalpel vasectomy which may be undertaken by GPs with a special interest If you are one of the many GPs looking to reduce referrals, increase practice income and provide a better service to your patients by developing a minor surgery DES, then Practical Procedures in General Practice will help.

Contents:

1. Introduction to minor surgery 2. Operative procedures in minor surgery 3. Joint injections 4. Steroid injections in the upper limb 5. Steroid injections in the lower limb 6. Long-acting reversible methods of contraception 7. Other procedures