Small Animal Surgery. A Step-by-Step Guide. Surgical Techniques

Small Animal Surgery. A Step-By-Step Guide. Surgical Techniques Pdf Download

By José Rodríguez Gómez

Small Animal Surgery. A Step-by-Step Guide. Surgical Techniques is a selection of the main surgical procedures explained in the previous volumes. The greatest asset of this book is that it is based on high-quality videos, which accompany each of the surgical techniques. These are classified according to degree of difficulty. This book is the result of the authors thorough and careful work and is an essential resource both for veterinary professionals in practice and students of veterinary surgery.

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Table of Contents

1. Basic Surgical Techniques

General Techniques

Basic surgical techniques
Preventative hemostasis
Hydrodissection
Lumbosacral epidural anesthesia
Epidural anesthesia
Writing a prescription (from earlier list if integrating)

Diagnostic & Catheter Procedures

Excretory urography
Urethral/Urinary catheterization
Cystocentesis
Percutaneous bladder catheterization
Cystocentesis and percutaneous bladder catheterization
Liver biopsy
Renal biopsy / Kidney biopsy / Wedge biopsy

Suturing Techniques

Purse string suture of the anus

Reproductive Surgeries

Castration / Canine orchidectomy
- Case: Prescrotal castration in the dog
Ectopic testes / Cryptorchidism / Monorchidism
- Case: Abdominal monorchid
Ovariohysterectomy
- In the dog
- Laparoscopic OHE
- Pyometra / Cystic endometrial hyperplasia

Neoplasia and Tumor Cases

Anal / Perianal neoplasia
- Case: Small adenoma
Vulval and vaginal neoplasia
- Case: Vaginal tumor

Perianal & Rectal Conditions

Closed or Bilateral sacculectomy
Rectal prolapse (colopexy, amputation)

Abdominal Surgeries

Laparotomy / Midline laparotomy
Gastrostomy
Splenectomy
- Vessel ligations or sealants
- Partial splenectomy
Cystotomy (bladder stones, uroliths)
- Case: Single urolith in female dog

Urinary System

Nephrectomy
- Case: Kidney stones

GI Tract Conditions

Foreign body (gastrotomy)
Gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV)
Intestinal obstruction (enterotomy, enterectomy)
Intestinal intussusception
Colectomy / Megacolon

Thoracic Procedures

Thoracocentesis / Thoracic puncture
Thoracotomy / Intercostal thoracotomy

Hernia Repairs

Peritoneal-pericardial diaphragmatic hernia
Diaphragmatic hernia

2. Advanced Surgical Techniques

ENT & Airway

Ablation of the external ear canal
- Case: Ear canal ablation
Brachycephalic syndrome
Tracheal collapse
- Extraluminal cervical tracheoplasty
- Intraluminal tracheoplasty