The new edition of this practical atlas describes and illustrates, step-by-step, all currently available reconstructive surgical techniques. With new real-life cases and detailed sketches, the book covers both dogs and cats with skin defects caused by injury or tumor resection. The reader is given the widest possible range of treatment options for dealing with individual cases.
This second edition includes:
- Updated, evidence-based descriptions of the techniques, including new techniques in wound management, such as vacuum-assisted closure, negative pressure wound therapy, and more
- Additional images of actual patients, focusing on clinical outcomes
- A completely revised chapter on eyelid reconstructive surgery by Dr. Rick Sanchez
- A completely revised chapter on microvascular reconstructive techniques, authored by Dr. Alberto Ballestín
- A brand new final chapter on optimizing outcomes and minimizing complications in wound management.
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Gert ter Haar, Bryden J. Stanley, Rick F. Sanchez and Jolle Kirpensteijn
Chapter 2: Wound healing and management: a protocol for dogs and cats
Gert ter Haar, Jolle Kirpensteijn, Bryden J. Stanley
Chapter 3: General reconstructive techniques
Jolle Kirpensteijn
Chapter 4: Avascular, microvascular, and nerve reconstructive techniques
Alberto Ballestín, Gert ter Haar and Jolle Kirpensteijn
Chapter 5: Reconstructive techniques of the facial area and head
Gert ter Haar
Chapter 6: Eyelid Reconstructive Techniques
Rick F. Sanchez
Chapter 7: Reconstructive techniques of the neck and trunk
Gert ter Haar & Jolle Kirpensteijn
Chapter 8: Reconstructive techniques of the forelimb
Jolle Kirpensteijn & Gert ter Haar
Chapter 9: Reconstructive techniques of the hindlimb
Jolle Kirpensteijn
Chapter 10: Optimizing Outcomes and Minimizing Complications in Wound Management
Bryden J. Stanley
