BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Abdominal Surgery

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

Chapter 1.  Principles of abdominal surgery Liz Welsh 2. Equipment and surgical instrumentation  Prue Neath 3. Laparoscopic instrumentation and fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery Phil Mayhew 4. The body wall   Davina Anderson 5. The stomach    Gary Ellison 6. Gastric dilatation and volvulus John Williams 7. The small intestine    Alison Moores 8. The large intestine and rectum  Jacqui Niles and John Williams 9. The liver and biliary tract    Jacqui Niles 10. Portosystemic shunts    Geraldine Hunt 11. The pancreas     Jolle Kirpensteijn and Floryne Buishand 12. The spleen  Jacqui Niles 13. The adrenal glands   Catherine Sturgeon 14. The urinary tract Mary McLoughlin and Brian Scansen 15. Urinary incontinence   Alasdair Hotston Moore 16. The male urogenital system  Dick White 17. The female reproductive system Jane Ladlow 18. Peritonitis   Lori Ludwig