Small animal surgery / created by Theresa Welch Fossum ; illustrator, Laura Pardi Duprey.

Preceded by Small animal surgery / [edited by] Theresa Welch Fossum ; Laura Pardi Duprey, Theodore G. Huff, medical illustrators. 4th ed. 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Principles of surgical asepsis / Kurt S. Schulz and Theresa W. Fossum Care and handling of surgical equipment and supplies / Theresa W. Fossum and Kurt S. Schulz Surgical facilities and maintenance of the surgical environment / Theresa W. Fossum Preoperative and intraoperative care of the surgical patient / Catriona MacPhail Preparation of the operative site / Theresa W. Fossum Preparation of the surgical team / Theresa W. Fossum Surgical instrumentation / Catriona MacPhail Biomaterials, suturing and suture patterns / Catriona MacPhail Surgical infections and antibiotic selection / Michael D. Willard and Kurt S. Schulz Nutritional management of the surgical patient / Catriona MacPhail and Michael D. Willard Fundamentals of physical rehabilitation / Janice Lynne Huntingford Principles of anesthesia and anesthetics / Jane Quandt Pain management and acupuncture / Jane Quandt and Curtis W. Dewey Principles of minimally invasive surgery and imaging of the surgical patient / Michael D. Willard, Kurt S. Schulz and Kei Hayashi Surgery of the integumentary system / Catriona MacPhail Surgery of the eye / Audrey Yu-Speight and Jane Cho Surgery of the ear / Catriona MacPhail Surgery of the digestive system / MaryAnn Radlinsky and Theresa W. Fossum Surgery of the abdominal cavity / Theresa W. Fossum Surgery of the liver / MaryAnn Radlinsky and Theresa W. Fossum Surgery of the extrahepatic biliary system / MaryAnn Radlinsky Surgery of the endocrine system / Catriona MacPhail Surgery of the hemolymphatic system / Theresa W. Fossum Surgery of the kidney and ureter / Catriona MacPhail Surgery of the bladder and urethra / Catriona MacPhail Surgery of the reproductive and genital systems / Catriona MacPhail Surgery of the cardiovascular system / Catriona MacPhail and Theres W. Fossum Surgery of the upper respiratory system / Catriona MacPhail Surgery of the lower respiratory system : lungs and thoracic wall / Catriona MacPhail Surgery of the lower respiratory system : pleural cavity and diaphragm / Theresa W. Fossum Fundamentals of orthopedic surgery and regenerative medicine / Kurt S. Schulz and Kei Hayashi Principles of fracture diagnoses and management / Kurt S. Schulz and Kei Hayashi Management of specific fractures / Kurt S. Schulz and Kei Hayashi Diseases of the joints / Kei Hayashi and Kurt S. Schulz Management of muscle and tendon injury or disease / Kei Hayashi and Kurt S. Schulz Other diseases of bones and joints / Kei Hayashi and Kurt S. Schulz Neurodiagnostic overview for the small animal surgeon / Curtis W. Dewey The neurologic examination and relevant neuroanatomy / Curtis W. Dewey Surgery of the brain / Curtis W. Dewey Surgery of the cervical spine / Curtis W. Dewey Surgery of the thoracolumbar spine / Curtis W. Dewey Surgery of the cauda equina / Curtis W. Dewey Nonsurgical disorders of the brain and spine / Curtis W. Dewey Peripheral nervous system disorders and diagnostic techniques / Curtis W. Dewey

From basic procedures like spays, castrations, and declaws to advanced surgeries like craniotomy, vertal slots, and lung lobectomy, Fossum's Small Animal Surgery, 5th Edition is the go-to, full-color guide for everything that general veterinarians and vet students need to know about both soft tissue and orthopedic surgery. Five editors bring their expert perspective as they discuss the latest advances in key areas such as imaging modalities, regenerative medicine, minimally invasive surgery, and neurology. With each book adoption, you'll also have access to the Expert Consult website, which includes a fully searchable version of the book plus step-by-step video clips and animations of surgical procedures, aftercare instruction handouts, case presentations, references linked to full text articles on PubMed, and an extensive image collection. There is no better resource to keep you up to date on the latest advances and techniques in small animal surgery!