Small Animal Endoscopy - E-Book


Book Description

The latest edition of the critically acclaimed Small Animal Endoscopy presents informative, practical, and up-to-date guidance on endoscopic indications, instrumentation, patient preparation, and techniques. Todd R. Tams and Clarence A. Rawlings, the foremost experts in veterinary endoscopy, provide the novice as well as the advanced practitioner with the information needed to deliver the safest, high-quality endoscopic services for small animals, including avian and exotics. Chapters are organized consistently and lavishly illustrated to help you easily find and understand key concepts and procedures. This edition includes a companion website with expert demonstrations of techniques. Enables you to deliver the safest, high quality care and a wider range of services to the pets of increasingly concerned and savvy owners. Features cutting-edge information on minimally invasive procedures to improve diagnostic accuracy, reduce operating time, improve success, minimize post-operative stress and pain, and promote faster healing. Helps you recognize the many indications for endoscopy in everyday practice. Covers a vast range of topics in a clear, concise and readable style. Describes instrumentation, examination, and sample procurement techniques in detail. Shows both normal and abnormal findings you may encounter during a procedure in an atlas of images in relevant chapters. Provides minimally invasive examination and surgical options for veterinarians treating uniquely sensitive avian and exotic patients. Provides step-by-step instructions on specific techniques. Helps beginners master endoscopic diagnosis and treatment and more experienced endoscopists utilize their endoscopic equipment to its fullest capacity.




Veterinary Endoscopy for the Small Animal Practitioner


Book Description

Veterinary Endoscopy for the Small Animal Practitioner, Second Edition, gives veterinarians guidance in incorporating diagnostic endoscopy, interventional endoscopy, and minimally invasive soft tissue surgery into their small animal practices. This highly practical reference supports practitioners in adding and effectively using endoscopy techniques in their practices. With a clinically oriented approach, it focuses on applications for rigid and flexible endoscopy, making comprehensive information on these techniques easily accessible. The book covers soft tissue endoscopy, including airway endoscopy, gastrointestinal endoscopy, diagnostic and operative laparoscopy, diagnostic and operative thoracoscopy, urogenital endoscopy, and otoscopy. Thousands of images, including endoscope images and clinical photographs, enhance the text. Covers diagnostic endoscopy, interventional endoscopy, and minimally invasive soft tissue surgery Includes thousands of images to illustrate endoscopy concepts for veterinarians Provides a clinically oriented reference book for using rigid and flexible endoscopy in a small animal practice Supports veterinarians who are seeking to increase their services and enhance their revenue streams Any practitioner who is using or preparing to use endoscopic techniques will find Veterinary Endoscopy for the Small Animal Practitioner an essential practice resource.




Veterinary Endoscopy for the Small Animal Practitioner


Book Description

Veterinary Endoscopy for the Small Animal Practitioner, Second Edition, gives veterinarians guidance in incorporating diagnostic endoscopy, interventional endoscopy, and minimally invasive soft tissue surgery into their small animal practices. This highly practical reference supports practitioners in adding and effectively using endoscopy techniques in their practices. With a clinically oriented approach, it focuses on applications for rigid and flexible endoscopy, making comprehensive information on these techniques easily accessible. The book covers soft tissue endoscopy, including airway endoscopy, gastrointestinal endoscopy, diagnostic and operative laparoscopy, diagnostic and operative thoracoscopy, urogenital endoscopy, and otoscopy. Thousands of images, including endoscope images and clinical photographs, enhance the text. Covers diagnostic endoscopy, interventional endoscopy, and minimally invasive soft tissue surgery Includes thousands of images to illustrate endoscopy concepts for veterinarians Provides a clinically oriented reference book for using rigid and flexible endoscopy in a small animal practice Supports veterinarians who are seeking to increase their services and enhance their revenue streams Any practitioner who is using or preparing to use endoscopic techniques will find Veterinary Endoscopy for the Small Animal Practitioner an essential practice resource.




Small Animal Endoscopy, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, E-Book


Book Description

In this issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest editor Dr. Boel A. Fransson brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Small Animal Endoscopy. Top experts discuss minimally invasive surgical (MIS) procedures which have come of age within the past several years, including surgical technique, case selection, outcome, and complications. Articles also cover the available technology to augment MIS, developments on skills training opportunities, and the future of veterinary robotic surgery. Contains 11 relevant, practice-oriented topics including new training options for small animal minimally invasive surgeons; laparoscopic treatment of sliding hiatal hernia; advances in minimally invasive procedures of the thoracic cavity; advances in treatment of canine chylothorax; new technology augmenting veterinary minimally invasive surgery; 3D technology, cannulas, and surgical instruments; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on small animal endoscopy, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.




Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy


Book Description

Small Animal Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy provides a comprehensive reference to laparoscopy and thoracoscopy, with step-by-step guidance for surgical techniques ranging from basic to advanced. • Acts as both a quick reference to specific techniques and as a comprehensive resource to small animal laparoscopy and thoracoscopy • Guides the reader through each step of the surgical techniques • Takes a clinically oriented approach, with tips on safely and quickly performing procedures throughout • Part of the Advances in Veterinary Surgery series copublished with the American College of Veterinary Surgeons Foundation • Includes access to a companion website with video clips of the procedures described and the figures from the book in PowerPoint




Clinical Manual of Small Animal Endosurgery


Book Description

A practical and comprehensive guide to rigid endoscopy and endosurgery in small animal practice. Fully illustrated throughout, it covers the clinical treatment of small animals from pre-operative through to post-operative care. With reference to specific procedures, this manual includes guidance on the selection of equipment, surgical techniques, anaesthesia and possible complications. A specialist chapter advising on the treatment of birds, reptiles and small mammals is also included. Clinical Manual of Small Animal Endosurgery will enable veterinarians to develop and improve their endoscopic techniques in clinical practice, as well as providing guidance on referral options for more complex cases. KEY FEATURES • Provides comprehensive information on how to perform rigid endoscopic investigations and procedures. • The focus is on dogs and cats with a specialist chapter covering the treatment of exotic small animals • Contains many full colour clinical photographs • Written and edited by experts in the field




Small Animal Endoscopy


Book Description

SMALL ANIMAL ENDOSCOPY, written by the foremost expert in veterinary endoscopy, is an informative, practical guide to endoscopic imaging. Containing the latest information on indications, instrumentation, patient preparation, and technique, it provides the novice and the advanced practitioner with valuable information. Chapters are organized consistently, liberally illustrated, and most feature a full- color collection of endoscopic images. A group of 17 distinguished contributors share their expertise in this leading reference. Includes a new chapter on exotic animals. Contains a completely revised and updated chapter on avian medicine, prepared by Dr. Michael Taylor, a top avian veterinarian who has been largely responsible for the explosive changes in avian endoscopy. Discusses innovations in endoscopy of the gastrointestinal system and uterus. Features updated equipment and instrumentation. Incorporates over 400 new illustrations. Includes thoroughly revised reference lists. New chapter on exotic animals Completely revised and updated chapter on avian medicine, prepared by Dr. Michael Taylor, a top avian veterinarian who has been largely responsible for the explosive changes in avian endoscopy Innovations in endoscopy of the gastrointestinal system and uterus Updated equipment and instrumentation Over 400 new illustrations Reference lists thoroughly revised




BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Endoscopy and Endosurgery


Book Description

The BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Endoscopy and Endosurgery provides a comprehensive and practical guide for practitioners who wish to practice minimally invasive techniques. Routine procedures are described in detail and more advanced techniques suitable for advanced practitioners are also included. • All the chapters have been thoroughly revised and updated • Chapters on oesophagoscopy, interventional endoscopy and future developments are new to this edition • More detailed information on minimally invasive techniques in cats included throughout • The chapter on laparoscopy has been significantly expanded and covers techniques ranging from liver biopsy and ovariectomy to cholecystectomy and adrenalectomy Exclusive video content New to this edition are a series of videos that accompany the chapters. These videos are available from the BSAVA Library.




Clinical Small Animal Internal Medicine


Book Description

Clinical Small Animal Internal Medicine is a comprehensive, practical reference designed to meet the needs of veterinary practitioners and students alike. Covering all aspects of small animal internal medicine, this innovative guide provides clinically relevant material, plus podcasts and continual updates online. Concise, identically-formatted chapters allow readers to quickly find the most essential information for clinical veterinary practice. Contributions from academic and clinical experts cover general medicine subjects, including patient evaluation and management, critical care medicine, preventative care, and diagnostic and therapeutic considerations. Topics relevant to daily clinical practice are examined in detail, ranging from endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, and infectious disease to oncology, dermatology, metabolic orthopedic disease, gastroenterology, and hepatology. A companion website features podcasts and updated information. An important addition to the library of any practice, this clinically-oriented text: Presents complete, practical information on small animal internal medicine Provides the background physiology required to understand normal versus abnormal in real-world clinical settings Includes general medicine topics not covered in other internal medicine books Focuses on information that is directly applicable to daily practice Features podcasts and continual updates on a companion website Carefully tailored for the needs of small animal practitioners and veterinary students, Clinical Small Animal Internal Medicine is an invaluable, reader-friendly reference on internal medicine of the dog and cat.




Veterinary Image-Guided Interventions


Book Description

Veterinary Image-Guided Interventions is the only book dedicated to interventions guided by imaging technology. Written and edited by leading experts in the field, interventional endoscopy, cardiology, oncology and radiology are covered in detail. Chapters include the history and background of the procedures, patient work-up, equipment lists, detailed procedural instructions, potential complications, patient follow-up protocols, and expected outcomes. Split into body systems, the technical aspects of each procedure are presented using highly illustrated step-by-step guides. Veterinary Image-Guided Interventions is a must-have handbook for internists, surgeons, cardiologists, radiologists, oncologists and criticalists, and for anyone interested in cutting-edge developments in veterinary medicine. Key features include: A highly practical step-by-step guide to image-guided procedures Relevant to a wide range of veterinary specialists. Written and edited by respected pioneers in veterinary image-guided procedures A companion website offers videos of many procedures to enhance the text