Short description
Featuring full color illustrations throughout, this textbook for students of veterinary medicine offers thorough coverage of small animal surgery. Topics range from such basic techniques as spays, castrations, and declaws to more advanced surgeries like craniotomy and lung lobectomy.
Long description
The 3rd edition of this classic textbook continues to serve as a one-stop resource for authoritative information on all aspects of small animal surgery. Coverage includes basic procedures such as spays, castrations, and declaws, as well as more advanced surgeries that might be referred to specialists such as craniotomy, ventral slots, and lung lobectomy. Discussions of general surgical procedures include sterile technique, surgical instrumentation, suturing, preoperative care, and antibiotic use. Key sections provide clinically relevant coverage of soft tissue surgery, orthopedic surgery, and neurosurgery.