BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Surgical Principles: A Foundation Manual

Table of Contents:

1. Surgical Facilities – Design, Management, Equipment and Personnel

2. Sterilization and Disinfection

3. Surgical Instruments – Materials, Manufacture and Care

4. Surgical Instruments – Types and Use

5. Suture Materials

6. Surgical Staplers

7. Surgical Lasers

8. Preoperative Assessment

9. Preoperative Stabilization

10. Fluid Therapy, and Electrolyte and Acid–Base Abnormalities

11. Shock, Sepsis and SIRS

12. The Immune and Inflammatory Response to Anaesthesia and Surgery

13. Postoperative Management

14. Principles and Practice of Analgesia

15. Principles of Nutritional Support

16. Aseptic Technique

17. Healing of Elective Surgical Wounds

18. Surgical Wound Infection and Antimicrobial Prophylaxis

19. Hospital-Acquired Infection

20. Haemostasis and Blood Component Therapy

21. Principles of Operative Technique

22. Suture Patterns and Surgical Knots

Index