Small Animal Surgery Textbook by Theresa Welch Fossum

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Synopsis

The 3rd edition of this classic textbook continues to serve as a one-stop resource for authoritative information on all aspects of small animal surgery. Coverage includes basic procedures such as spays, castrations, and declaws, as well as more advanced surgeries that might be referred to specialists such as craniotomy, ventral slots, and lung lobectomy. Discussions of general surgical procedures include sterile technique, surgical instrumentation, suturing, preoperative care, and antibiotic use. Key sections provide clinically relevant coverage of soft tissue surgery, orthopedic surgery, and neurosurgery.

• Over 1500 full color illustrations provide exceptionally clear representations of anatomy and currently accepted surgical techniques, including approaches and closure.
• Over 600 full color photographs and radiographs offer clear images of specific disorders, diseases, and procedures.
• Information on the most efficient and cost-saving sterilization techniques including scrubless and waterless preparation solutions.
• General considerations and clinically relevant pathophysiology sections provide practical information for case management.
• Step-by-step instructions for surgical techniques are presented in italicized blue type for quick and easy reference.
• Special icons identify advanced procedures that should be referred to an experienced surgeon or specialist.
• Color-coded tables and boxes call attention to specific data, offering at-a-glance access to key information such as drug dosages, clinical signs, and analgesic protocols.
• Anesthesia Protocols provide quick and easy access to recommendations for anesthetizing animals with particular diseases ordisorders.

• A new chapter on Fundamentals of Physical Rehabilitation details the basics of physical rehabilitation for practitioners who want to integrate physical therapy into practice.
• A new chapter on Principles of Minimally Invasive Surgery that describes the principles of performing surgery with the least instrumentation possible, including instrument selection and care and basic techniques.
• A new chapter on Surgery of the Eye that discusses diseases and disorders of the eye, their medical management, and corrective surgical procedures.
• Expanded coverage of perioperative multimodal analgesic therapy.
• Updated coverage of arthroscopy, canine elbow dysplasia, joint replacement, and management of osteoarthritis.
• The latest information on state-of-the-art radiologic techniques.

Annotation

The book contains predominantly color illustrations, with some black-and-white illustrations.

Doody Review Services

Reviewer:Guillaume R Ragetly, DMV, IPSAV (University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine)
Description:This is the third edition of a complete review of small animal surgery.
Purpose:This revision details the newest procedures and provides up-to-date references in a reasonably sized book with a user-friendly format that varies minimally between chapters.
Audience:It is written primarily for general small animal practitioners as well as for students. The detailed review helps readers to learn and understand basic and advanced principles and surgeries.
Features:The book first details general broad surgical principles. It then describes, successively, soft tissue surgery, orthopedic surgery, and neurosurgery with, for each chapter, a general principle section (including definitions, preoperative concerns, anatomy, surgical technique and postoperative concerns) and a section on specific diseases that includes, in addition to very detailed surgical management, practical material for diagnosis and medical case management. The consistent format with an emphasis on important concerns, key concepts, and precautions, the extensive index and the excellent art program and numerous tables and boxes make this book very attractive. The relatively small number of either recent or classic references included with short descriptions for each part helps readers find more detailed specific information.
Assessment:This very helpful update gives all the keys to students and practitioners to improve in the surgical field. An e-dition is also available, including searchable text, continuous updates, interactivereferences, case presentations, video clips, electronic image collection, client information sheets, rarely performed procedures and a fracture planner. This e-dition will certainly be very helpful for students and practitioners as well as residents and specialists in surgery.

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