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

Kristin A. Coleman (Editor) 

ISBN: 9781394159949

June 2024

Wiley-Blackwell

672 pages

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.

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

2 Steps for Simple Eyelid Mass Removal 14

3 Surgery for the Prolapsed Third Eyelid Gland 22

4 Tips and Tricks for Successful Entropion Repair 37

5 A Guide to Enucleation 44

6 Nosectomy in Cats 52

7 Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome in Dogs and Cats 56

8 Aural Hematoma 82

9 Pinnectomy 88

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

11 Ventral Bulla Osteotomy (VBO) 103

12 Mandibulectomy 113

13 Sialoadenectomy 124

14 Thyroidectomy 132

15 Laryngeal Paralysis 140

16 Peripheral Lymph Node Extirpation in the Dog and Cat 148

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

18 Summary of Skin Reconstruction Options 168

19 Digit Amputation 189

20 The Art of the Abdominal Explore 196

21 Gastropexy 205

22 Gastrointestinal Procedures 218

23 Splenectomy 239

24 Liver Biopsies 253

25 Ovariohysterectomy/Ovariectomy 258

26 Cesarean Section 264

27 Pyometra 277

28 Cystotomy and Partial Cystectomy 280

29 Prostatic Abscessation 291

30 Inguinal, Umbilical, and Diaphragmatic Hernias 294

31 Canine Scrotal Ablation and Scrotal Urethrostomy 310

32 Feline Perineal Urethrostomy 321

33 Rectal Prolapse 331

34 Perineal Hernia 333

35 Anal Sacculectomy in Dogs and Cats 338

36 Caudectomy 348

37 Preparing for Orthopedic Procedures 358

38 Principles of Fracture Repair 372

39 Orthopedic Implants 398

40 Principles of External Coaptation 431

41 3D-Printing in Orthopedics 455

42 Mandibular Fractures 464

43 Metacarpal and Metatarsal Fractures 482

44 Humeral Condylar Fractures 488

45 Canine Elbow Dysplasia 498

46 Femoral Head and Neck Ostectomy (FHO) 516

47 Lumbosacral Steroid Epidural 529

48 Pelvic Fractures 537

49 Medial Patellar Luxation Repair 550

50 Extracapsular Stabilization for the Cranial Cruciate Ligament-Deficient Stifle 564

51 Osteochondrosis 587

52 Arthrocentesis 604

53 Tendon Lacerations 619

54 Bone Grafts 627

Index 633

About the Author

Kristin A. Coleman, DVM, MS, DACVS-SA, is a veterinary surgeon at Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in Houston, Texas, USA.