Soft Tissue Surgery, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice

1st Edition, Volume 52-2 - February 26, 2022
Editor: Nicole J. Buote
Language: English
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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 co… Read more

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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.

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