Small animal surgery

"The fourth edition of Small Animal Surgery serves 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 like craniotomy, ventral slots, and lung lobectomy. New contributors bring a fresh perspective and discuss the latest advances in key areas such as imaging modalities, regenerative medicine, minimally invasive surgery, and neurology" --Back cover.

Principles of surgical asepsis / Kurt S. Schulz -- Sterilization and disinfection / Elaine R. Caplan -- Surgical facilities, equipment, and personnel and care and maintenance of the surgical environment / Elaine R. Caplan -- Preoperative and intraoperative care of the surgical patient / Catriona M. MacPhail -- Preparation of the operative site / Theresa Welch Fossum -- Preparation of the surgical team / Theresa Welch Fossum -- Surgical instrumentation / Catriona M. MacPhail -- Biomaterials, suturing, and hemostasis / Catriona M. MacPhail -- Surgical infections and antibiotic selection / Michael D. Willard and Kurt S. Schultz -- Nutritional management of the surgical patient / Catriona M. MacPhail and Michael D. Willard -- Fundamentals of physical rehabilitation / Wanda Gordon-Evans, Kim Knap and Kurt S. Schulz -- Anesthesia and perioperative multimodal therapy / Caroline Horn -- Principles of minimally invasive surgery / Michael D. Willard and Kurt S. Schulz -- Regenerative medicine and stem cell therapy / Theresa Welch Fossum and Kurt S. Schulz -- Advanced imaging for surgeons / Mark W. Lenox ... [et al.] -- Surgery of the integumentary system / Catriona M. MacPhail -- Surgery of…