Small Animal Surgery 5th Edition

Features: 

• • Well illustrated, step-by-step instructions for surgical techniques provide quick reference to practical how-to information in emergency and clinical situations.
  • Anesthesia Protocols offer easy access to recommendations for anesthetizing animals with particular diseases or disorders.
  • Coverage of cutting-edge imaging techniques, including radiographs, CT, MRI, and digital imaging, explores the most useful imaging modalities for demonstrating areas of surgical concern.
  • Clinical tips boxes provide at-a-glance surgical and practice tips.
  • Postsurgical care instructions provide customizable client aftercare handouts for many of the procedures in the book.
  • Reference links to PubMed grant access to full-text articles.

Table of Contents:

• • • Part 1: General Surgical Principles
      1. Principles of Surgical Asepsis
      2. Care and Handling of Surgical Equipment and Supplies
      3. Surgical Facilities and Maintenance of the Surgical Environment
      4. Preoperative and Intraoperative Care of the Surgical Patient
      5. Preparation of the Operative Site
      6. Preparation of the Surgical Team
      7. Surgical Instrumentation
      8. Biomaterials, Suturing and Suture Patterns
      9. Surgical Infections and Antibiotic Selection
      10. Nutritional Management of the Surgical Patient
      11. Fundamentals of Physical Rehabilitation
      12. Principles of Anesthesia and Anesthetics
      13. Pain Management and Acupuncture
      14. Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Regenerative MedicinePart II: Soft Tissue Surgery
      15. Surgery of the Integumentary System
      16. Surgery of the Eye
      17. Surgery of the Ear
      18. Surgery of the Digestive System
      19. Surgery of the Liver
      20. Surgery of the Extrahepatic Biliary System
      21. Surgery of the Endocrine System
      22. Surgery of the Hemolymphatic System
      23. Surgery of the Kidney and Ureter
      24. Surgery of the Bladder
      and Urethra
      25. Surgery of the Reproductive and Genital Systems
      26. Surgery of the Cardiovascular System
      27. Surgery of the Upper Respiratory System
      28. Surgery of the Lower Respiratory System: Lungs and Thoracic Wall
      29. Surgery of the Lower Respiratory System: Pleural Cavity and DiaphragmPart III: Orthopedics
      30. Fundamentals of Orthopedic Surgery and Fracture Management
      31. Management of Specific Fractures
      32. Diseases of the Joints
      33. Management of Muscle and Tendon Injury or Disease
      34. Other Diseases of Bones and JointsPart IV: Neurosurgery
      35. Neurodiagnostic Overview for the Small Animal Surgeon
      36. Neurologic Examination and Relevant Neuroanatomy
      37. Surgery of the Brain
      38. Surgery of the Cervical Spine
      39. Surgery of the Thoracolumbar Spine
      40. Surgery of the Cauda Equina
      41. Nonsurgical Disorders of the Brain and Spine
      42. Peripheral Nervous System Disorders