• In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Nicole J. Buote brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Soft Tissue Surgery. Many of the common illnesses and injuries occurring in cats and dogs are in a soft tissue organ. In this issue, top experts in the field provide comprehensive coverage of many of the key surgeries a practicing veterinarian might be expected to perform.


    Key Features

    • Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including updates in upper respiratory surgery; updates in hepatobiliary surgery: new data on PSS and cholecystectomy; concepts in sterilization; current concepts in gastrointestinal surgery; updates in laparoscopy; and more.

    • Provides in-depth clinical reviews on small animal soft tissue surgery, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.

    • Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

    • Cover image

    • Title page

    • Table of Contents

    • Copyright

    • Contributors

    • Forthcoming Issues

    • Preface

    • Updates in Wound Management and Dressings

    • Key points

    • Background

    • Basic principles of wound healing

    • Considerations for wound healing

    • Patient comorbidities/factors affecting wound healing

    • Wound factors

    • Species differences

    • Update on wound management strategies

    • Negative pressure wound therapy

    • Fish skin dressings: tilapia/cod

    • Low-level laser

    • Photobiomodulation

    • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

    • Regenerative medicine techniques

    • Bioelectric dressing

    • Clinics care points

    • Updated Information on Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus and Gastropexy in Dogs

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Discussion

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Updates in Upper Respiratory Surgery

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Validation score for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome

    • Assessment of the brachycephalic dog

    • Understanding new primary components and secondary effects of brachycephaly

    • Brachycephalic syndrome in cats

    • Epiglottic retroversion

    • Norwich terrier–specific disease

    • Clinics care points

    • Updates in Hepatobiliary Surgery: New Data on Portosystemic Shunts and Cholecystectomy in Dogs and Cats

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Diagnosis of portosystemic shunts

    • Preoperative medical management

    • Medical management versus surgical attenuation

    • Surgical options

    • Surgical complications

    • Outcome with surgical attenuation

    • Updates in cholecystectomy

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Current Concepts in Urinary Surgery

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Ureteral obstruction

    • Ureteral stents in cats

    • Ureteral stents in dogs

    • Subcutaneous ureteral bypass device

    • Incontinence associated with ectopic ureters

    • Refractory urinary incontinence

    • Transurethral bulking agents

    • Hydraulic occluders

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Supplementary data

    • Concepts in Sterilization

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • OVE versus OHE

    • Controversies surrounding timing of gonadectomy

    • Gonad sparing sterilization

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Current Concepts in Small Animal Gastrointestinal Surgery

    • Key points

    • Introduction/background

    • Surgical techniques

    • Laparoscopic and laparoscopic-assisted gastrointestinal surgery

    • Tissue viability

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Supplementary data

    • Current Concepts in Parathyroid/Thyroid Surgery

    • Key points

    • Parathyroid surgery

    • Thyroid surgery

    • Clinics care points

    • Update on Adrenalectomy

    • Key points

    • Preoperative workup and imaging

    • Pretreatment of endocrinopathies before surgery

    • Adrenalectomy

    • Prognosis following adrenalectomy

    • Summary

    • Disclosure

    • Current Concepts in Head and Neck Surgery

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Clinical staging

    • Diagnostic imaging for oral tumors

    • Biopsy versus cytology

    • Lymph node staging and controversies

    • Decision making

    • Principles of oral surgery

    • Anesthetic management

    • Surgical techniques: an update

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Updates in Laparoscopy

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Clinics care points

    • Disclosure

    • Updates in Thoracoscopy

    • Key points

    • Background

    • Improving thoracoscopic visualization

    • Thoracoscopic and thoracoscopic-assisted lung lobectomy

    • Pericardial effusion and pericardial and cardiac neoplasia

    • Chylothorax

    • Persistent right aortic arch and left ligamentum arteriosum

    • Cranial Mediastinal Masses

    • Pyothorax

    • Primary spontaneous pneumothorax

    • Summary

    • Clinics care points

    • Supplementary data

    • Updated Concepts in Oncologic Surgery: Apocrine Gland Anal Sac Adenocarcinoma and Mast Cell Tumors

    • Key points

    • Introduction

    • Apocrine gland anal sac adenocarcinoma

    • Mast cell tumors

    • Clinics care points

  • Nicole J. Buote

    Affiliations and expertise

    Associate Professor, Section of Small Animal Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University

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