Chapter 25 Introduction to Oncologic Surgery for the General Surgeon James P. Farese, Nicholas J. Bacon, Julius M. Liptak and Kelvin Kow Animals with cancer often have very advanced (locally…

Chapter 83 Spleen Marina C. Richter Anatomy The spleen is a dynamic falciform organ usually residing in the left cranial quadrant of the abdomen. It has been described as red,…

Chapter 81 Burns Mark W. Bohling Burn Injuries Burn injuries in small animals can present in a wide clinical range, from mild burns that heal rapidly with no treatment to…

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…