BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Surgical Principles

This is a foundation level manual in the popular series from the BSAVA. It presents the basic principles upon which the practice of modern veterinary surgery is based. The principles of surgery will often dictate the outcome of a surgical procedure, more so than the use of the most up-to-date technique, and the surgeon ignores them at their peril. The BSAVA Manual of Surgical Principles presents a solid grounding in the basic principles, with practical examples of why they are important, creating a manual that is very readable and relevant for the veterinary surgeon in practice.

Surgical facilities design, management, equipment and personnel / Terry Emmerson Sterilization and disinfection / Michael H. Hamilton Surgical instruments types and use / Nicholas J. Bacon Suture materials / Stephen J. Baines Surgical staplers / Vicky Lipscomb Surgical lasers / Noel Berger and Peter H Eeg Preoperative assessment / Kathryn M. Pratschke Preoperative stabilization / David Holt and Jeffrey Wilson Fluid therapy, and electrolyte and acid-base abnormalities / Karen Humm and Sophie Adamantos Shock, sepsis and SIRS / Andrew J. Brown The immune and inflammatory response to anaesthesia and surgery / Elizabeth Armitage-Chan and Stephen J. Baines Postoperative management / Arthur House and Robert Goggs Principles and practice of analgesia / Veronica Salazar and Elizabeth A. Leece Principles of nutritional support / Daniel L. Chan Aseptic technique / Tim Hutchinson Healing of elective surgical wounds / Davina Anderson Surgical wound infection and antimicrobial prophylaxis / Chris Shales Hospital-acquired infection / Anette Loeffler Haemostasis and blood component therapy / Gillian R. Gibson Principles of operative technique / Geraldine B. Hunt Suture patterns and surgical knots / Thomas Sissener