cover image - Small Animal Endoscopy, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323055789
Copyright: 2011
Publication Date: 12-14-2010
Page Count: 696
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $185.00

Small Animal Endoscopy, 3rd Edition

by Todd R. Tams, DVM, DACVIM and Clarence A. Rawlings, DVM, PhD, DACVS

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cover image - Small Animal Endoscopy, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323055789
Copyright: 2011
Publication Date: 12-14-2010
Page Count: 696
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $185.00
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The latest edition of this critically acclaimed text presents informative, practical, and up-to-date guidance on endoscopic indications, instrumentation, patient preparation, and techniques. The foremost experts in veterinary endoscopy provide the information students need to deliver the safest, high-quality endoscopic services for small animals, including avian and exotics. Chapters are organized consistently and lavishly illustrated to make it easy to find and understand key concepts and procedures. This edition also includes a companion website with expert demonstrations of techniques and videos of procedures.

    • Consistent chapter organization includes sections on indications, instrumentation, patient preparation, and restraint, in addition to details of the procedures themselves.
    • Over 1,000 color images depict normal and abnormal anatomical features, as well as numerous tables and diagrammatic representations.
    • A bonus website takes understanding to the next level with videos of:
      • Cystoscope placement technique, normal cystoscopy, and calculi removal
      • How to perform a normal examination
      • 12 different clinical endoscopic procedures, including intraoperative uretheroscopy, laparoscopic-assisted cystoscopy, laser correction of an ectopic ureter, and more
      • Many patient cases are showcased, with each case presenting a patient’s complaint, diagnostic studies used for assessment, the endoscopic procedure enlisted, surgical treatment, and case follow-up. The benefits of using endoscopy are discussed in each case.
    • Expanded content on the use of rigid endoscopy helps you perform the most current minimally invasive surgical procedures.
    • A new coeditor, Dr. Clarence Rawlings, shares his expertise in rigid endoscopy for diagnostic and surgical procedures and his extensive knowledge of endosurgery.
    • Consistent chapter organization includes sections on indications, instrumentation, patient preparation, and restraint, in addition to details of the procedures themselves.
    • Over 1,000 color images depict normal and abnormal anatomical features, as well as numerous tables and diagrammatic representations.
    • Required or recommended instrumentation
    • Instructions on how to care for, clean, and store endoscopic instruments
    • Pre-endoscopic procedures, including patient preparation, equipment set-up, and positioning of personnel
    • Instructions on how to correctly hold and manipulate both flexible and rigid endoscopes
    • Post-endoscopic procedures, including patient recovery and proper submission of tissue samples
    • Information on how to incorporate flexible and rigid endoscopy into a veterinary practice using specific marketing skills and appropriate personnel training
    • A bonus website takes understanding to the next level with videos of:
      - Cystoscope placement technique, normal cystoscopy, and calculi removal
      - How to perform a normal examination
      - 12 different clinical endoscopic procedures, including intraoperative uretheroscopy, laparoscopic-assisted cystoscopy, laser correction of an ectopic ureter, and more
      - Many patient cases are showcased, with each case presenting a patient’s complaint, diagnostic studies used for assessment, the endoscopic procedure enlisted, surgical treatment, and case follow-up. The benefits of using endoscopy are discussed in each case.
  • Part I: Flexible Endoscopy

      1. Endoscopic Instrumentation and Documentation for Flexible and Rigid Endoscopy
      2. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Instrumentation, Handling Technique, Training, and Implementation in Practice
      3. Esophagoscopy
      4. Gastroscopy
      5. Enteroscopic Examination of the Small Intestine
      6. Colonoscopy
      7. Endoscopic Removal of Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies
      8. Endoscopic Biopsy Specimen Collection and Histopathologic Considerations
      9. Endoscopic Placement of Gastrostomy and Jejunostomy Tubes
      10. Laryngoscopy and Tracheobronchoscopy of the Dog and Cat
      11. Part II: Rigid Endoscopy

      12. Stapling and Energy Devices for Endoscopic Surgery
      13. Application of Laser Energy with Endoscopic Visualization
      14. Endoscopic Knot Tying and Suturing
      15. Psychomotor Training and Virtual Reality
      16. Laparoscopy
      17. Thoracoscopy
      18. Cystoscopy
      19. Vaginoscopy and Transcervical Catheterization in the Bitch
      20. Rhinoscopy
      21. Otososcopy
      22. Arthroscopy
      23. Exotic Pets
      24. Marketing Endoscopic Services in the Clinic
      25. New Technologies on the Horizon
  • Todd R. Tams, DVM, DACVIM, Chief Medical Officer, VCA Antech, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; Staff Internist, VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital, West Los Angeles, CA and Clarence A. Rawlings, DVM, PhD, DACVS, Professor Emeritus Small Animal Surgery, Department of Small Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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