ISBN:
9780443120800
Copyright:
2028
Page Count:
1616
Imprint:
Mosby
List Price:
$262.99
Small Animal Surgery, 6th Edition
by Theresa Welch Fossum, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl ACVS
Hardcover
ISBN:
9780443120800
Copyright:
2028
Page Count:
1616
Imprint:
Mosby
List Price:
$262.99
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Guide your students through 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 veterinary 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, readers gain access to an ebook that provides a fully searchable version of the book plus step-by-step surgical videos, aftercare instructions, and more. There is no better resource for the latest advances and techniques in small animal surgery!
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- NEW! Updated content on the latest advances in the areas of joint replacement, endoscopy, anesthesia, instrumentation, digestive system, and many more
- NEW! Updated full-color art program with many new images
- NEW! Expanded content on minimally invasive procedures throughout the book reflects the latest techniques and approaches used in veterinary surgery
- NEW! Updated step-by-step videos walk you through both basic and advanced procedures
- NEW! Updated postsurgical care instructions with customizable client aftercare handouts for many of the procedures in the book
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- NEW! Updated content on the latest advances in the areas of joint replacement, endoscopy, anesthesia, instrumentation, digestive system, and many more
- NEW! Updated full-color art program with many new images
- NEW! Expanded content on minimally invasive procedures throughout the book reflects the latest techniques and approaches used in veterinary surgery
- NEW! Updated step-by-step videos walk students through both basic and advanced procedures
- NEW! Updated postsurgical care instructions with customizable client aftercare handouts for many of the procedures in the book
- 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
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PART ONE: General Surgical Principles
1. Principles of Surgical Asepsis
2. Care and Handling of Surgical Equipment and Supplies
3. Surgical Facilities and Maintenance of the Surgical Environment
4. Preoperative and Intraoperative Care of the Surgical Patient
5. Preparation of the Operative Site
6. Preparation of the Surgical Team
7. Surgical Instrumentation
8. Biomaterials, Suturing, and Hemostasis
9. Surgical Infections and Antibiotic Selection
10. Nutritional Management of the Surgical Patient
11. Principles of Anesthesia and Anesthetics
12. Pain Management and Acupuncture
13. Optimization of Postoperative Recovery
14. Fundamentals of Physical Rehabilitation and Adjunctive Therapies
15. General Principles of Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy
PART TWO: Soft Tissue Surgery
16. Surgery of the Integumentary System
17. Surgery of the Eye
18. Surgery of the Ear
19. Surgery of the Digestive System
20. Surgery of the Abdominal Cavity
21. Surgery of the Liver
22. Surgery of the Extrahepatic Biliary System
23. Surgery of the Endocrine System
24. Surgery of the Hemolymphatic System
25. Surgery of the Kidney and Ureter
26. Surgery of the Bladder and Urethra
27. Surgery of the Reproductive and Genital Systems
28. Surgery of the Cardiovascular System
29. Surgery of the Upper Respiratory System
30. Surgery of the Lower Respiratory System: Lungs and Thoracic Wall
31. Surgery of the Lower Respiratory System: Pleural Cavity and Diaphragm
PART THREE: Orthopedics
32. Orthopedic Examination and Basic Orthopedic Principles
33. Principles of Fracture Diagnoses and Management
34. Management of Specific Fractures
35. Diseases of the Joints
36. Arthroscopy
37. Management of Muscle and Tendon Injury or Disease
38. Regenerative Medicine in Orthopedics
39. Orthopedic Infections - Diagnosis and Treatment
40. Other Diseases of Bones and Joints
PART FOUR: Neurosurgery
41. Neurologic Examination, Neuroanatomy, and Neurolocalization
42. Neurodiagnostic Overview for the Small Animal Surgeon
43. Advanced Diagnostic Imaging in Neurosurgery
44. Craniectomies and Intracranial Surgery
45. Craniocervical Junction Anomalies
46. Surgery of the Cervical Vertebral Column and Spinal Cord
47. Surgery of the Thoracolumbar Vertebral Column and Spinal Cord
48. Surgery of the Lumbosacral Vertebral Column and Cauda Equina
49. Peripheral Nervous System Disorders and Diagnostic Techniques -
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