cover image - Small Animal Endoscopy, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323055789
Copyright: 2011
Publication Date: 12-14-2010
Page Count: 696
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $192.99

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: $192.99
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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 slide decks, case studies, and a few videos.

    • 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 slide decks, case studies, and a few videos.
    • 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 slide decks, case studies, and a few videos.
    • 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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