The Gastrointestinal Tract - Clinical Cases - Small Animal Surgery

This new book on veterinary surgery focuses on the gastrointestinal tract and accessory organs of digestion in small animals. Its educational approach, through the description of 30 surgical cases, provides the reader with a better understanding when it comes to perform surgeries in dogs and cats with gastrointestinal disorders. Both simple cases and more complex ones are addressed, covering a wide range of situations that the veterinary surgeon may be faced with in the practice. For each case, the authors include the case history, the physical examination, the surgical preparation and technique, as well as additional considerations and tips when necessary.

Table of Contents:

1. Cases involving the oral cavity and pharynx

      Lip neoplasia

      Zygomatic gland mucocoele

      Linear foreign body entrapped under the tongue in a cat

      Severe facial trauma

      Cricopharyngeal achalasia

      Glossectomy

      Transverse glossectomy

      Wedge glossectomy

2. Cases involving the thoracic oesophagus

      Oesophageal foreign body in a dog

      Linear foreign body in a cat

      Combined technique for removal of a foreign body

      Megaoesophagus

      Hiatal hernia

3. Cases involving the digestive organs in the abdomen

      Stomach foreign body

      Canine acute gastric dilatation-volvulus

      Y-U pyloroplasty

      Chemical peritonitis due to traumatic rupture of the pancreas

      Mesenteric torsion

      Duodenal foreign body

      Extrahepatic shunt

      Multiple extrahepatic shunts and intrahepatic shunt

      Biliary peritonitis associated with extrahepatic biliary rupture

      Biliary mucocoele

      Rupture of the gallbladder

      Gallbladder lithiasis

      Caecal neoplasia

      Splenic torsion

4. Techniques applied in gastrointestinal disorders

      Mouth examination

      Oesophagostomy tube placement for feeding (E-tube)

      Jejunostomy tube placement for feeding (J-tube)