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BSAVA manual of canine and feline surgical principles : a foundation manual /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: British Small Animal Veterinary Association
Other Authors: Baines, Stephen J., Lipscomb, Vicky, Hutchinson, Tim (Veterinarian)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Quedgeley, Gloucester : British Small Animal Veterinary Association, [2012]
Series:BSAVA manual series.
Subjects:
Veterinary surgery > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dogs > Surgery > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Cats > Surgery > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Surgery, Veterinary > methods.
Cats > surgery.
Dogs > surgery.
Handbook.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Surgical facilities : design, management, equipment and personnel
  • Sterilization and disinfection
  • Surgical instruments : materials, manufacture and care
  • Surgical instruments : types and use
  • Suture materials
  • Surgical staplers
  • Surgical lasers
  • Preoperative assessment
  • Preoperative stabilization
  • Fluid therapy, and electrolyte and acid-base abnormalities
  • Shock, sepsis and SIRS
  • The immune and inflammatory response to anaesthesia and surgery
  • Postoperative management
  • Principles and practice of analgesia
  • Principles of nutritional support
  • Aseptic technique
  • Healing of elective surgical wounds
  • Surgical wound infection and antimicrobial prophylaxis
  • Hospital-acquired infection
  • Haemostasis and blood component therapy
  • Principles of operative technique
  • Suture patterns and surgical knots