Clinical cases of skin surgery

Dr. Joaquín J. Sopena has gathered together for that work a remarkable team of national and international specialists in skin surgery in small animals, presenting a versatile work on clinical cases. The book will be structured in a practical and applied manner, aiming at providing a detailed description of each case, including the surgical technique and many pictures and step-by-step series. More than 30 clinical cases on skin surgery that will serve as a guide for every vet in practice confronted for the first time to similar cases. This publication will be a reference guide for those veterinary surgeons whose intention is to improve clinical management of big wounds requiring one or several surgeries.

Table of contents:

1. Medical wound management

  Introduction and techniques

  Clinical cases

    Case 1.1 / Postoperative wound dehiscence

    Case 1.2 / Skin tear in the right chest wall

    Case 1.3 / Wound in the forearm with conservative management

    Case 1.4 / Deep tear in the neck

2. Surgery and secondary closure of wounds

  Introduction and techniques

  Mandibular degloving injuries

    Case 2.1 / Complete mandibular degloving injury

    Resection of lip tumors

    Case 2.2 / Labial lymphoma

    Case 2.3 / Labial plasmacytoma

    Wounds caused by drug reactions

    Case 2.4 / Cutaneous abrasion on forelimbs due to possible reaction to drugs

    Wounds from vehicle impact with substance loss, tear wounds, and other complications.

    Case 2.5 / Severe injury with substance loss on the right hind paw

    Case 2.6 / Infected wound on the left hind limb

    Case 2.7 / Tear wound in the perianal and perineal region in a female cat

    Case 2.8 / Tear wound in the perianal and perineal region in a male cat

    Case 2.9 / Decision on the management of a chronic cervical wound

    Case 2.10 / Perianal tear wound

    Case 2.11 / Complicated hind paw wound

3. Skin flaps

  Introduction and techniques

  Clinical cases

    Case 3.1 / Correction of a skin defect in the right forelimb using a bipedicle flap

    Case 3.2 / Plastic surgery in the area of the elbow after a tumor exeresis

    Case 3.3 / Resolution of an avulsion injury in the limb using a single pedicle advancement flap

    Case 3.4 / Tumour exeresis in the distal region of the forearm

    Case 3.5 / H-plasty to correct a wound in the right iliac region

    Case 3.6 / Chronic wound caused by a bite in the back

    Case 3.7 / Wound caused by an iatrogenic burn

4. Skin grafts

  Introduction and techniques

  Clinical cases

    Case 4.1 / Skin graft in the region of the forearm

    Case 4.2 / Hit-by-car wound caused complicated by a fracture of the distal physis and malleolus of the tibia

    Case 4.3 / Wound caused by extravasation of intravenous fluids

    Case 4.4 / Infected wound in the distal region of the tibia

5. Complex techniques and regenerative techniques

  Introduction and techniques

  Clinical cases

     Case 5.1 / Treatment of wounds using a mesh with growth factors

     Case 5.2 / Single-pedicle, axial-pattern tubed flap after the exeresis of a perianal tumor

     Case 5.3 / Combination of an axial pattern flap and skin expander in a chest wall wound

     Case 5.4 / Chronic wound proximal to the elbow

     Case 5.5 / Wound in the cervical region with a muscle tear

     Case 5.6 / Plastic surgery in a case of malformation of the upper lip

     Case 5.7 / Episioplasty