• Extensively revised and updated, the new edition of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Abdominal Surgery provides a ready source of practical information for veterinary surgeons, students, nurses and technicians.

    • Includes detailed surgical procedures, laid out in step-by-step Operative Techniques in an easy to follow and practical way
    • Notes on patient positioning and preparation, instrumentation and postoperative management
    • Specially commissioned drawings and full-colour photographs illustrate both the Operative Techniques and the accompanying text
    • New chapters on laparoscopic surgery and urinary incontinence
    • From routine ovariohysterectomies to emergency abdominal drainage for acute peritonitis, abdominal surgery is an essential topic in general small animal practice

  • Chapter
    1. Principles of abdominal surgery
    Liz Welsh
    2. Equipment and surgical instrumentation
    Prue Neath
    3. Laparoscopic instrumentation and fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery Phil Mayhew
    4. The body wall
    Davina Anderson
    5. The stomach
    Gary Ellison
    6. Gastric dilatation and volvulus
    John Williams
    7. The small intestine
    Alison Moores
    8. The large intestine and rectum
    Jacqui Niles and John Williams
    9. The liver and biliary tract
    Jacqui Niles
    10. Portosystemic shunts
    Geraldine Hunt
    11. The pancreas
    Jolle Kirpensteijn and Floryne Buishand
    12. The spleen
    Jacqui Niles
    13. The adrenal glands
    Catherine Sturgeon
    14. The urinary tract
    Mary McLoughlin and Brian Scansen
    15. Urinary incontinence
    Alasdair Hotston Moore
    16. The male urogenital system
    Dick White
    17. The female reproductive system
    Jane Ladlow
    18. Peritonitis
    Lori Ludwig

  • Professor John M Williams MA VetMB LLB CertVR DipECVS FRCVS

    Honorary Professor, The University of Liverpool, European Veterinary Specialist in Small Animal Surgery, Northwest Surgeons Ltd, UK

    Jacqui Niles BVetMed SAS DACVS

    Metropolitan Veterinary Associates, Pennsylvania, USA

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