• Master small animal surgery from foundational principles to advanced procedures! Fossum’s Small Animal Surgery, 6th Edition, is the go-to, full-color guide to everything that general veterinarians and vet students need to know about soft tissue surgery, orthopedic surgery, and neurosurgery. Information on general principles includes the basics of a sterile field, surgical instrumentation, suturing, the use of antibiotics, and preoperative and postoperative care. Surgical coverage ranges from basic procedures like spays, castrations, and declaws to advanced procedures like the craniotomy and ventral slots. With each purchase of a print book, you’ll gain access to an eBook providing a fully searchable version of the book plus step-by-step surgical videos, aftercare instructions, and more. There is no better resource to keep you up to date on the latest advances and techniques in small animal surgery!


    Key Features

    • Well-illustrated, step-by-step instructions for surgical techniques provide quick reference to practical how-to information in clinical and emergency situations
    • Coverage of cutting-edge imaging techniques includes radiographs, CT, MRI, and digital imaging
    • Anesthesia Protocols offer quick access to recommendations for anesthetizing animals with a specific disease or disorder, including drug dosages
    • Clinical Signs and Note boxes provide at-a-glance help in diagnosing and treating surgical conditions
    • Correlation boxes highlight the advances in veterinary medicine that correlate with those in human medicine
    • Reference links to PubMed grant access to full-text articles
    • eBook version, included with every new print purchase, features nearly 150 step-by-step surgical videos, aftercare Instructions, and rarely performed procedures, plus digital access to the book’s text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud on a variety of devices

  • PART ONE GENERAL SURGICAL PRINCIPLES
    Chapter 1 Principles of Surgical Asepsis
    Chapter 2 Care and Handling of Surgical Equipment and Supplies
    Chapter 3 Surgical Facilities and Maintenance of the Surgical Environment
    Chapter 4 Preoperative and Intraoperative Care of the Surgical Patient
    Chapter 5 Preparation of the Operative Site
    Chapter 6 Preparation of the Surgical Team
    Chapter 7 Surgical Instrumentation
    Chapter 8 Biomaterials, Suturing, and Hemostasis
    Chapter 9 Surgical Infections and Antibiotic Selection
    Chapter 10 Nutritional Management of the Surgical Patient
    Chapter 11 Principles of Anesthesia and Anesthetics
    Chapter 12 Pain Management and Acupuncture
    Chapter 13 Optimization of Postoperative Recovery
    Chapter 14 Fundamentals of Physical Rehabilitation and Adjunctive Therapies
    Chapter 15 General Principles of Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy
    PART TWO SOFT TISSUE SURGERY
    Chapter 16 Surgery of the Integumentary System
    Chapter 17 Surgery of the Eye
    Chapter 18 Surgery of the Ear
    Chapter 19 Surgery of the Digestive System
    Chapter 20 Surgery of the Abdominal Cavity
    Chapter 21 Surgery of the Liver
    Chapter 22 Surgery of the Extrahepatic Biliary System
    Chapter 23 Surgery of the Endocrine System
    Chapter 24 Surgery of the Hemolymphatic System
    Chapter 25 Surgery of the Kidney and Ureter
    Chapter 26 Surgery of the Bladder and Urethra
    Chapter 27 Surgery of the Reproductive and Genital Systems
    Chapter 28 Surgery of the Cardiovascular System
    Chapter 29 Surgery of the Upper Respiratory System
    Chapter 30 Surgery of the Lower Respiratory System: Lungs and Thoracic Wall
    Chapter 31 Surgery of the Lower Respiratory System: Pleural Cavity and Diaphragm
    PART THREE ORTHOPEDICS
    Chapter 32 Orthopedic Examination and Basic Orthopedic Principles
    Chapter 33 Principles of Fracture Diagnosis and Management
    Chapter 34 Management of Specific Fractures
    Chapter 35 Diseases of the Joints
    Chapter 36 Arthroscopy
    Chapter 37 Management of Muscle and Tendon Injury or Disease
    Chapter 38 Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedics
    Chapter 39 Orthopedic Infections: Diagnosis and Treatment
    Chapter 40 Other Diseases of Bones and Joints
    PART FOUR NEUROSURGERY
    Chapter 41 Neurologic Examination, Neuroanatomy, and Neurolocalization
    Chapter 42 Neurodiagnostic Overview for the Small Animal Surgeon
    Chapter 43 Advanced Diagnostic Imaging in Neurosurgery
    Chapter 44 Craniectomies and Intracranial Surgery
    Chapter 45 Craniocervical Junction Anomalies
    Chapter 46 Surgery of the Cervical Vertebral Column and Spinal Cord
    Chapter 47 Surgery of the Thoracolumbar Vertebral Column and Spinal Cord
    Chapter 48 Surgery of the Lumbosacral Vertebral Column and Cauda Equina
    Chapter 49 Peripheral Nervous System Disorders and Diagnostic Techniques
    Chapter 50 Surgical Stress
    Index

  • Theresa Welch Fossum

    Vice President for Research and Strategic Initiatives, Professor of Veterinary Surgery, Midwestern University, USA

Veterinary Clinics of North America
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