Master small animal surgery from foundational principles to advanced procedures!
Fossum’s Small Animal Surgery, 6th Edition, is the go-to, full-color guide to everything that general veterinarians and vet students need to know about soft tissue surgery, orthopedic surgery, and neurosurgery. Information on general principles includes the basics of a sterile field, surgical instrumentation, suturing, the use of antibiotics, and preoperative and postoperative care. Surgical coverage ranges from basic procedures like spays, castrations, and declaws to advanced procedures like the craniotomy and ventral slots. With each purchase of a print book, you’ll gain access to an eBook providing a fully searchable version of the book plus step-by-step surgical videos, aftercare instructions, and more. There is no better resource to keep you up to date on the latest advances and techniques in small animal surgery!
Key Features
- Well-illustrated, step-by-step instructions for surgical techniques provide quick reference to practical how-to information in clinical and emergency situations
- Coverage of cutting-edge imaging techniques includes radiographs, CT, MRI, and digital imaging
- Anesthesia Protocols offer quick access to recommendations for anesthetizing animals with a specific disease or disorder, including drug dosages
- Clinical Signs and Note boxes provide at-a-glance help in diagnosing and treating surgical conditions
- Correlation boxes highlight the advances in veterinary medicine that correlate with those in human medicine
- Reference links to PubMed grant access to full-text articles
- eBook version, included with every new print purchase, features nearly 150 step-by-step surgical videos, aftercare Instructions, and rarely performed procedures, plus digital access to the book’s text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud on a variety of devices
Author Information
Theresa Welch Fossum, Vice President for Research and Strategic Initiatives, Professor of Veterinary Surgery, Midwestern University, USA
