While you're about it, puleeeease don't forget about the anaesthetic. Hubster has a nice hefty hammer you can borrow.
I'm sure someone will lend you a chainsaw for the cutting bits
although I have to thoroughly recommend keyhole surgery over the 'slice-it-open' procedure. I haven't yet asked how he made all the holes in my abdomen, but they are very neat. Perhaps he punched holes through, so you might need something appropriate for that. If you're going for keyhole, you'll need lots of nifty tools and a fibre-optic camera so you can see what you're doing. Sounds like it's getting a bit expensive.
We should he getting the DVD of the op back any day, so I'll see what's shown on there. Perhaps you could do with a copy so you've got something to follow.