By José Rodríguez Gómez, Guillermo C. Couto and Jorge Llinás
José Rodríguez, together with Guillermo Couto and Jorge Llinás, surprises us again with a new volume of the Small Animal Surgery collection, although this time he focuses on the application of bloodless surgery. The author and his colleagues use their wide experience to show readers the importance of ensuring appropriate haemostasis in surgical procedures. The basic principles of haemostasis, their practical application in various clinical cases or the different techniques available are explained throughout the book, and the information is complemented by numerous images that will help the clinician to ensure haemostasis (making knots step by step, surgical procedures shown in sequences of images, etc.). This work also stands out by including high-quality and very didactic videos, with which the reader will be able to gain valuable knowledge.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Haemostasis and haemostatic disorders
Physiology of haemostasis for clinicians
Clinical signs in haemorrhagic syndromes
Techniques for the evaluation of haemostasis
Care of patients with coagulopathies orpreoperativehaemorrhages
Common coagulopathies in veterinary practice
3. Anticoagulation and fibrinolysis
Introduction
Thromboembolic diseases
Antiplatelet drugs, anticoagulants and fibrinolytics
4. Principles of blood transfusion
Introduction
Indications
Blood types
Blood administration
Crossmatching
5. Anaesthesia and perioperative bleeding
Introduction
Factors involved
Effects of anaesthetic drugs
Fluid therapy
Local and regional anaesthesia
Hypothermia
Acidosis
Anaesthetic techniques thatminimise bleeding
6. Preoperative haemostatic techniques
Systemic prohaemostatic drugs
Supportive haemostatic treatments
7. Intraoperative haemostasis techniques
Techniques for minimising blood loss during surgery
Preventative haemostasis
Clinical applications in hepatic, splenic and pulmonary surgery
Definitive haemostasis
Surgical haemostatic techniques
Estimated intraoperative blood loss
8. High energy surgical equipment
Introduction
Electrosurgery
Laser surgery
Laser in veterinary surgery
Other systems
Personal safety
9. Cryotherapy and cryosurgery
Local hypothermia. Cryotherapy
Cryosurgery
Cryogenic agents
Cryogenic agent application techniques
Warnings and postoperative care
10. Postoperative bleeding
Introduction
Causes of bleeding
Assessment of bleeding severity
Treatment
Evolution of postoperative bleeding
Diagnosis and ultrasound monitoring of postoperative bleeding
