• Small Animal Surgical Emergencies, Second Edition continues to be an important resource focusing on surgical emergencies, combining the work of surgical specialists and critical care specialists, and filling a void in educating and informing veterinarians.

    The new edition of this book provides updated information on an array of topics such as preoperative stabilization, new and innovative treatment options, and aftercare. Each chapter covers step-by-step information on emergency stabilization, diagnostic approach, operative techniques, postoperative care, common complications encountered in each case, and how to troubleshoot any such complication should they occur. It also offers simplified surgical techniques to ensure success and describes new and novel procedures throughout.

    The Second Edition of Small Animal Surgical Emergencies features:

    • Nine new chapters covering operating room nursing tips, rectal prolapse, colonic torsion, surgical intervention post celiotomy, assisted enteral feeding tubes, open chest CPR, managing complications of skin flaps and grafts, incisional infection, and joint luxations
    • Many chapters are written in collaboration by experts in small animal surgery and critical care, combining these practices in one important resource
    • Relevant anatomy, imaging, and full-color illustrations and drawings incorporated into each chapter
    • Inclusion of case presentations, when relevant

    An important tool for small animal general practitioners, veterinary surgeons, critical care specialists, as well as veterinary nurses and operating room technicians, Small Animal Surgical Emergencies, Second Edition is a crucial resource for this constantly evolving branch of veterinary medicine.

  • Contributors

    Acknowledgements

    About the Companion Website

    Preface

    1 Triage and Initial Stabilization of the Emergency Small Animal Surgical Patient

    2 Operating Room Nursing Tips for Emergency Surgical Procedures

    Section I: Gastrointestinal System

    3 Emergency Stabilization of the Acute Abdomen Patient

    4 Esophageal Foreign Bodies

    5 Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies

    6 Intussusception

    7 Rectal Prolapse

    8 Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus

    9 Intestinal Volvulus

    10 Colonic Torsion

    11 Peritonitis

    12 Surgical Intervention Post-Celiotomy

    13 Biliary Emergencies

    14 Hemoperitoneum

    15 True Abdominal Hernias

    16 Traumatic and Incisional Hernias

    17 Perineal Hernias

    18 Pancreatic Abscessation

    19 Hepatic Emergencies

    20 Bleeding Gastrointestinal Ulcers

    21 Assisted Enteral Feeding Tubes

    Section IIa: Urinary System – Urinary Tract Trauma

    22 Stabilization of the Uremic Patient

    23 Renal and Ureteral Injury

    24 Approach to the Uroabdomen

    25 Urethral Injury

    Section IIb: Urinary System – Urinary Obstruction

    26 Ureteral Obstruction

    27 Urethral Obstruction

    Section IIIa: Respiratory System – Upper Airway Disease

    28 Stabilization Techniques for Patients with an Upper Respiratory Obstruction

    29 Tracheostomy

    30 Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome

    31 Laryngeal Paralysis

    32 Laryngeal Trauma

    33 Tracheal Collapse

    Section IIIb: Respiratory System – Pleural Space Disease

    34 Stabilization Techniques for Patients with Pleural Space Disease

    35 Diaphragmatic Hernia

    36 Pyothorax

    37 Hemothorax

    38 Pneumothorax

    39 Lung Lobe Torsion

    40 Surgical Approach to the Thoracic Cavity

    Section IIIc: Respiratory System – Chest Wall Disease

    41 Stabilization Techniques for Patients with Chest Wall Disease

    42 Pectus Excavatum

    43 Flail Chest

    Section IV: Cardiovascular System

    44 Pacemaker Therapy

    45 Pericardial Effusion

    46 Open-Chest Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

    Section V: Reproductive System

    47 Cesarean Section

    48 Pyometra

    49 Penile and Testicular Emergencies

    50 Prostatic Abscessation

    51 Uterine and Vaginal Prolapse

    Section VI: Wound Management

    52 Bite Wounds

    53 Burn Injury

    54 Penetrating Injury in the Dog and Cat

    55 Necrotizing Fasciitis

    56 Degloving and Shear Injuries

    57 Skin Flaps and Grafts: Managing Complications

    58 Incisional Infections

    Section VII: Ocular Emergencies

    59 Ocular Emergencies

    Section VIII: Oral Surgical Emergencies

    60 Oral Surgical Emergencies

    Section IX: Orthopedic Emergencies

    61 Approach to the Septic Joint

    62 Surgical Management of Open Fractures

    63 Traumatic Joint Luxation and Reduction

    Index

  • Lillian R. Aronson, VMD, DACVS

    Is Professor of Surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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