DESCRIPTION:
Extensively revised and updated, the new edition of the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Abdominal Surgery provides a ready source of practical information for veterinary surgeons, students, nurses and technicians.
- Includes detailed surgical procedures, laid out in step-by-step Operative Techniques in an easy to follow and practical way
- Notes on patient positioning and preparation, instrumentation and postoperative management
- Specially commissioned drawings and full-colour photographs illustrate both the Operative Techniques and the accompanying text
- New chapters on laparoscopic surgery and urinary incontinence
- From routine ovariohysterectomies to emergency abdominal drainage for acute peritonitis, abdominal surgery is an essential topic in general small animal practice
CONTENTS:
1. Principles of abdominal surgery
2. Equipment and surgical instrumentation
3. Laparoscopic instrumentation and fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery
4. The body wall
5. The stomach
6. Gastric dilatation and volvulus
7. The small intestine
8. The large intestine and rectum
9. The liver and biliary tract
10. Portosystemic shunts
11. The pancreas
12. The spleen
13. The adrenal glands
14. The urinary tract
15. Urinary incontinence
16. The male urogenital system
17. The female reproductive system
18. Peritonitis
