Preceded by Small animal surgery / [edited by] Theresa Welch Fossum; Laura Pardi Duprey, Theodore G. Huff, medical illustrators. 4th ed. 2013.
The third edition of this classic textbook covers 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.
The greatest asset of this book is that it is based on high-quality videos, which accompany each of the surgical techniques. These are classified according to degree of difficulty.
VMS Small Animal Surgery provides concise, detailed information about preoperative patient evaluation, anesthetic considerations, control of surgical infections, and wound healing. There's also comprehensive coverage of soft tissue surgery, orthopedic...
This edition offers authoritative information on all aspects of small animal surgery.