Chapter 17 Suture Material, Tissue Staplers, Ligation Devices, and Closure Methods Chad W. Schmiedt Over 100 years ago, Dr. William Halsted coined a list of surgical principles that remain the…
Chapter 109 Ovaries and Uterus Boel A. Fransson Anatomy and Physiology Anatomy Ovaries and Ligaments In dogs and cats, the ovaries are located caudal to the kidneys (Figure 109-1). The…
Chapter 29 Pathogenesis and Physiology of Central Nervous System Disease and Injury Natasha J. Olby and Nicholas D. Jeffery Disease of the central nervous system carries a greater risk of…
Chapter 121 Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands Bernard Séguin and Lisa Brownlee Anatomy Thyroid Glands Dogs and cats have two thyroid glands (Figure 121-1), which are sometimes referred to as lobes.26…
Chapter 118 Sphincter Mechanism Incontinence Peter H. Holt Continence in bitches, which have no true bladder neck sphincter,11,92 is maintained by a complex mechanism of interacting factors. The term urethral…
Chapter 78 Local or Subdermal Plexus Flaps Geraldine B. Hunt Subdermal plexus flaps constitute a large and readily available group of skin flaps used to close acute and chronic wounds…
Chapter 119 Renal Transplant Lillian Ruth Aronson and Heidi Phillips The first successful renal transplant in companion animals was performed on a cat in 1984 by Dr. Clare Gregory and…
Chapter 65 Amputations Bernard Séguin and Joseph P. Weigel Amputation of a limb is performed relatively commonly in small animals. It is performed for a number of reasons: (1) tumor…
Chapter 72 Musculoskeletal Neoplasia and Limb-Sparing Surgery Sarah Boston Osteosarcoma is the most common primary bone tumor in dogs, accounting for approximately 85% of tumors of the skeleton.21 Appendicular osteosarcoma…
