Designed to help general practitioners confidently perform surgery, Techniques in Small Animal Soft Tissue, Orthopedic, and Ophthalmic Surgery offers fast access to step-by-step procedures for the most common surgeries in small animal patients. This book discusses the relevant anatomy, brief pathophysiology, pre-operative considerations, potential complications, and treatment options and detailed techniques for a wide range of surgical procedures, as well as the equipment needed to perform them. Written by specialists from around the word, the 54 chapters each cover multiple treatment options or variations to techniques described in the literature, featuring soft tissue, orthopedic, and ophthalmic surgeries.
Practical tips and tricks for success in the operating room applicable to technicians, general practitioners, and surgeons are included throughout the book. High-quality color photographs accompany the surgical descriptions, along with video clips demonstrating some of the techniques hosted on a companion website.
Techniques in Small Animal Soft Tissue, Orthopedic, and Ophthalmic Surgery includes information on: - Simple eyelid mass removal, steps for prolapsed third eyelid gland, surgery for successful entropion repair, and enucleation - Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome in dogs and cats and various surgical interventions, how to address aural hematoma, pinnectomy, and total ear canal ablation and lateral bulla osteotomy - Ventral bulla osteotomy, mandibulectomy, sialoadenectomy, thyroidectomy, unilateral cricoarytenoid lateralization, and peripheral lymph node extirpation - Extracapsular suture stabilization for the cranial cruciate ligament-deficient stifle, medial patellar luxation repair, femoral head and neck ostectomy, and canine elbow dysplasia - Limb amputation in companion animals, skin reconstruction options, digit amputation, gastropexy, gastrointestinal procedures, splenectomy, and liver biopsies - And many more procedures!
Techniques in Small Animal Soft Tissue, Orthopedic, and Ophthalmic Surgery covers common surgeries performed in general practice, giving general practitioners, veterinary students, and new surgeons practical tips and tricks from experienced surgeons in an easily referenced format.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgment
Chapter 1: Preparing for an Abdominal Procedure
Authors: Ivette Juarez, Christine A. Valdez, & Marbella Lopez
Chapter 2: Steps for Simple Eyelid Mass Removal
Author: Robin Sankey
Chapter 3: Surgery for the Prolapsed Third Eyelid Gland
Authors: Audrey Hudson & Caleb Hudson
Chapter 4: Tips and Tricks for Successful Entropion Repair
Author: Robin Sankey
Chapter 5: A Guide to Enucleation
Author: Robin Sankey
Chapter 6: Nosectomy in Cats
Author: Nicole J. Buote
Chapter 7: Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome in Dogs and Cats
Author: Pamela Schwartz
Chapter 8: Aural Hematoma
Author: Jess Work
Chapter 9: Pinnectomy
Author: Karen L. Cherrone
Chapter 10: Total Ear Canal Ablation and Lateral Bulla Osteotomy (TECA-LBO)
Author: Grayson Cole
Chapter 11: Ventral Bulla Osteotomy (VBO)
Author: Philippa Pavia
Chapter 12: Mandibulectomy
Author: Giovanni Tremolada
Chapter 13: Sialoadenectomy
Author: Grayson Cole
Chapter 14: Thyroidectomy
Author: Giovanni Tremolada
Chapter 15: Unilateral Cricoarytenoid Lateralization (“Tie-Back”)
Author: Jessica Baron
Chapter 16: Peripheral Lymph Node Extirpation in the Dog and Cat
Author: Arathi Vinayak
Chapter 17: Limb Amputation in Companion Animals: Thoracic and Pelvic Limb Amputations
Author: Arathi Vinayak
Chapter 18: Summary of Skin Reconstruction Options
Author: D. Michael Tillson
Chapter 19: Digit Amputation
Author: D. Michael Tillson
Chapter 20: The Art of the Abdominal Explore
Author: Heidi Hottinger
Chapter 21: Gastropexy
Author: Kristin A. Coleman
Chapter 22: Gastrointestinal Procedures
Author: Penny J. Regier
Chapter 23: Splenectomy
Author: Pamela Schwartz
Chapter 24: Liver Biopsies
Author: Nicole Buote
Chapter 25: Ovariohysterectomy & Ovariectomy
Author: Brad M. Matz
Chapter 26: Cesarean Section: Managing & Preparing for a C-Section
Author: D. Michael Tillson
Chapter 27: Pyometra
Author: Brad M. Matz
Chapter 28: Cystotomy and Partial Cystectomy
Author: Janet A. Grimes
Chapter 29: Prostatic Abscessation
Author: Catriona M. MacPhail
Chapter 30: Surgery for Umbilical, Inguinal, & Diaphragmatic Hernias
Author: D. Michael Tillson
Chapter 31: Canine Scrotal Ablation & Scrotal Urethrostomy
Author: Joe A. Sapora
Chapter 32: Feline Perineal Urethrostomy
Author: Janet A. Grimes
Chapter 33: Rectal Prolapse
Author: Catriona M. MacPhail
Chapter 34: Perineal Herniorrhaphy
Author: Catriona M. MacPhail
Chapter 35: Anal Sacculectomy in Dogs and Cats
Author: Arathi Vinayak
Chapter 36: Caudectomy
Authors: Kristin A. Coleman & Trent Gall
Chapter 37: Preparing for Orthopedic Procedures
Authors: Ivette Juarez, Christine A. Valdez, & Marbella Lopez
Chapter 38: Principles of Fracture Repair
Author: Seth Bleakley
Chapter 39: Orthopedic Implants
Author: Rebecca J. Webb
Chapter 40: Principles of External Coaptation
Author: Seth Bleakley
Chapter 41: 3D-Printing in Orthopedics
Author: Paul Schwarzmann
Chapter 42: Mandibular Fractures
Authors: Caleb Hudson & Stephen C. Jones
Chapter 43: Metacarpal & Metatarsal Fractures
Author: Rebecca J. Webb
Chapter 44: Humeral Condylar Fractures
Authors: Nathan Squire & David Dycus
Chapter 45: Canine Elbow Dysplasia
Author: Joe A. Sapora
Chapter 46: Femoral Head & Neck Ostectomy (FHO)
Author: Kristin A. Coleman
Chapter 47: Lumbosacral Epidural
Author: Rebecca S. Salazar
Chapter 48: Pelvic Fractures
Author: Rebecca J. Webb
Chapter 49: Medial Patellar Luxation Repair
Author: Ross H. Palmer
Chapter 50: Extracapsular Stabilization for the Cranial Cruciate Ligament-Deficient Stifle
Author: Trent Gall
Chapter 51: Osteochondrosis
Authors: Stephen C. Jones & Caleb Hudson
Chapter 52: Arthrocentesis
Authors: Carolyn L. Chen, Leah P. Hixon, & Emily C. Viani
Chapter 53: Tendon Lacerations
Author: Rebecca J. Webb
Chapter 54: Bone Grafts
Author: Rebecca J. Webb
