Chapter 24 Equipment for Minimally Invasive Surgery Chick Weisse and Philipp D. Mayhew Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic techniques provide minimally invasive access to the abdominal and thoracic cavities,…
Chapter 39 Spinal Neoplasia Marc Kent and Nicole Northrup The term spinal tumor encompasses a wide variety of histologic tumor types that involve the vertebral column, spinal nerves, spinal nerve…
Chapter 9 Wound Healing Karen Cornell Wound repair is the effort of injured tissues to restore normal function and structural integrity after injury.37 Wound healing is a complex biologic process…
Chapter 7 Bleeding and Hemostasis Susan G. Hackner and Carrie R. White Hemostasis is the process that maintains the integrity of a closed, high-pressure circulatory system following vascular damage.122 Even…
Chapter 54 Total Elbow Replacement in Dogs Loïc Déjardin and Reunan P. Guillou During the past two decades, functional limitations of conservative management and nonreplacement surgeries for the treatment of…
Chapter 74 Gait Analysis Wanda J. Gordon-Evans Gait analysis is the investigation of locomotion. Parameters measuring spatial and temporal parameters and forces acting on the limb may be quantified and…
Chapter 2 Molecular and Cellular Biology Genomics Dylan N. Clements Molecular biology is the study of biologic processes at a molecular level. Primarily, molecular biology has focused on interactions between…
Chapter 48 Osteomyelitis Steven C. Budsberg Osteomyelitis, an inflammatory condition of bone, is usually considered to be an infectious process caused by an infectious agent such as bacteria or fungi….
Chapter 49 Bone Grafts and Substitutes Karl Herbert Kraus Circumstances that require regeneration of bone or enhancement of bone healing are commonplace. These include substantial bone loss from trauma or…
Chapter 11 Evidence-Based Medicine and Outcomes Assessment Dorothy Cimino Brown For veterinary surgeons, making decisions about the optimal care of patients requires the integration of individual clinical experience with information…
