Techniques in Small Animal Soft Tissue, Orthopedic, and Ophthalmic Surgery

Description:

Practical reference with tips and tricks for successfully performing common surgeries in small animal patients

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 world, 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.

1 Preparing for an Abdominal Procedure 1
Ivette Juarez, Christine A. Valdez, and Marbella Lopez

2 Steps for Simple Eyelid Mass Removal 14
Robin Sankey

3 Surgery for the Prolapsed Third Eyelid Gland 22
Audrey C. Hudson and Caleb Hudson

4 Tips and Tricks for Successful Entropion Repair 37
Robin Sankey

5 A Guide to Enucleation 44
Robin Sankey

6 Nosectomy in Cats 52
Nicole J. Buote

7 Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome in Dogs and Cats 56
Pamela Schwartz

8 Aural Hematoma 82
Jess D. Work

9 Pinnectomy 88
Karen L. Cherrone

10 Total Ear Canal Ablation and Lateral Bulla Osteotomy (TECA-LBO) 93
Grayson Cole

11 Ventral Bulla Osteotomy (VBO) 103
Philippa R. Pavia

12 Mandibulectomy 113
Giovanni Tremolada

13 Sialoadenectomy 124
Grayson Cole

14 Thyroidectomy 132
Giovanni Tremolada

15 Laryngeal Paralysis 140
Jessica Baron

16 Peripheral Lymph Node Extirpation in the Dog and Cat 148
Arathi Vinayak

17 Limb Amputation in Companion Animals: Thoracic and Pelvic Limb Amputations 158
Arathi Vinayak

18 Summary of Skin Reconstruction Options 168
David Michael Tillson

19 Digit Amputation 189
David Michael Tillson

20 The Art of the Abdominal Explore 196
Heidi Hottinger

21 Gastropexy 205
Kristin A. Coleman

22 Gastrointestinal Procedures 218
enny J. Regier

23 Splenectomy 239
Pamela Schwartz

24 Liver Biopsies 253
Nicole J. Buote

25 Ovariohysterectomy/Ovariectomy 258
Brad M. Matz

26 Cesarean Section 264
David Michael Tillson

27 Pyometra 277
Brad M. Matz

28 Cystotomy and Partial Cystectomy 280
Janet A. Grimes

29 Prostatic Abscessation 291
Catriona M. MacPhail

30 Inguinal, Umbilical, and Diaphragmatic Hernias 294
David Michael Tillson

31 Canine Scrotal Ablation and Scrotal Urethrostomy 310
Joey A. Sapora

32 Feline Perineal Urethrostomy 321
Janet A. Grimes

33 Rectal Prolapse 331
Catriona M. MacPhail

34 Perineal Hernia 333
Catriona M. MacPhail

35 Anal Sacculectomy in Dogs and Cats 338
Arathi Vinayak

36 Caudectomy 348
Kristin A. Coleman and Trent T. Gall

37 Preparing for Orthopedic Procedures 358
Ivette Juarez, Christine A. Valdez, and Marbella Lopez

38 Principles of Fracture Repair 372
Seth Bleakley

39 Orthopedic Implants 398
Rebecca J. Webb

40 Principles of External Coaptation 431
Seth Bleakley

41 3D-Printing in Orthopedics 455
Paul Schwarzmann

42 Mandibular Fractures 464
Caleb Hudson and Stephen C. Jones

43 Metacarpal and Metatarsal Fractures 482
Rebecca J. Webb

44 Humeral Condylar Fractures 488
Nathan T. Squire and David Dycus

45 Canine Elbow Dysplasia 498
Joey A. Sapora

46 Femoral Head and Neck Ostectomy (FHO) 516
Kristin A. Coleman

47 Lumbosacral Steroid Epidural 529
Rebecca S. Salazar

48 Pelvic Fractures 537
Rebecca J. Webb

49 Medial Patellar Luxation Repair 550
Ross H. Palmer

50 Extracapsular Stabilization for the Cranial Cruciate Ligament-Deficient Stifle 564
Trent T. Gall

51 Osteochondrosis 587
Stephen C. Jones and Caleb Hudson

52 Arthrocentesis 604
Carolyn L. Chen, Leah P. Hixon, and Emily C. Viani

53 Tendon Lacerations 619
Rebecca J. Webb

54 Bone Grafts 627
Rebecca J. Webb