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.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors xi
Foreword xviii
Preface xix
Acknowledgments xx
About the Companion Website xxi
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
Index 633
