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

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 word, 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.

  Autorentext

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

  Inhalt

  List of Contributors xi

  Foreword xviii

  Preface xix

  Acknowledgments xx

  About the Companion Website xxi

  1 Preparing for an Abdominal Procedure 1
  Ivette Juarez, Christine A. Valdez, and Marbella Lopez

  2 Steps for Simple Eyelid Mass Removal 14
  Robin Sankey

  3 Surgery for the Prolapsed Third Eyelid Gland 22
  Audrey C. Hudson and Caleb Hudson

  4 Tips and Tricks for Successful Entropion Repair 37
  Robin Sankey

  5 A Guide to Enucleation 44
  Robin Sankey

  6 Nosectomy in Cats 52
  Nicole J. Buote

  7 Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome in Dogs and Cats 56
  Pamela Schwartz

  8 Aural Hematoma 82
  Jess D. Work

  9 Pinnectomy 88
  Karen L. Cherrone

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

  11 Ventral Bulla Osteotomy (VBO) 103
  Philippa R. Pavia

  12 Mandibulectomy 113
  Giovanni Tremolada

  13 Sialoadenectomy 124
  Grayson Cole

  14 Thyroidectomy 132
  Giovanni Tremolada

  15 Laryngeal Paralysis 140
  Jessica Baron

  16 Peripheral Lymph Node Extirpation in the Dog and Cat 148
  Arathi Vinayak

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

  18 Summary of Skin Reconstruction Options 168
  David Michael Tillson

  19 Digit Amputation 189
  David Michael Tillson

  20 The Art of the Abdominal Explore 196
  Heidi Hottinger

  21 Gastropexy 205
  Kristin A. Coleman

  22 Gastrointestinal Procedures 218
  enny J. Regier

  23 Splenectomy 239
  Pamela Schwartz

  24 Liver Biopsies 253
  Nicole J. Buote

  25 Ovariohysterectomy/Ovariectomy 258
  Brad M. Matz

  26 Cesarean Section 264
  David Michael Tillson

  27 Pyometra 277
  Brad M. Matz

  28 Cystotomy and Partial Cystectomy 280
  Janet A. Grimes

  29 Prostatic Abscessation 291
  Catriona M. MacPhail

  30 Inguinal, Umbilical, and Diaphragmatic Hernias 294
  David Michael Tillson

  31 Canine Scrotal Ablation and Scrotal Urethrostomy 310
  Joey A. Sapora

  32 Feline Perineal Urethrostomy 321
  Janet A. Grimes

  33 Rectal Prolapse 331
  Catriona M. MacPhail

  34 Perineal Hernia 333
  Catriona M. MacPhail

  35 Anal Sacculectomy in Dogs and Cats 338
  Arathi Vinayak

  36 Caudectomy 348
  Kristin A. Coleman and Trent T. Gall

  37 Preparing for Orthopedic Procedures 358
  Ivette Juarez, Christine A. Valdez, and Marbella Lopez

  38 Principles of Fracture Repair 372
  Seth Bleakley

  39 Orthopedic Implants 398
  Rebecca J. Webb

  40 Principles of External Coaptation 431
  Seth Bleakley

  41 3D-Printing in Orthopedics 455
  Paul Schwarzmann

  42 Mandibular Fractures 464
  Caleb Hudson and Stephen C. Jones

  43 Metacarpal and Metatarsal Fractures 482
  Rebecca J. Webb

  44 Humeral Condylar Fractures 488
  Nathan T. Squire and David Dycus

  45 Canine Elbow Dysplasia 498
  Joey A. Sapora

  46 Femoral Head and Neck Ostectomy (FHO) 516
  Kristin A. Coleman

  47 Lumbosacral Steroid Epidural 529
  Rebecca S. Salazar

  48 Pelvic Fractures 537
  Rebecca J. Webb

  49 Medial Patellar Luxation Repair 550
  Ross H. Palmer

  50 Extracapsular Stabilization for the Cranial Cruciate Ligament-Deficient Stifle 564
  Trent T. Gall

  51 Osteochondrosis 587
  Stephen C. Jones and Caleb Hudson

  52 Arthrocentesis 604
  Carolyn L. Chen, Leah P. Hixon, and Emily C. Viani

  53 Tendon Lacerations 619
  Rebecca J. Webb

  54 Bone Grafts 627
  Rebecca J. Webb

  Index 633