This new book in the Small Animal Surgery collection has been designed as a review of the surgical errors and complications that may occur in daily practice when performing surgery on dogs and cats. It is intended for surgeons starting their professional careers and residents, as well as more experienced veterinary surgeons, since it must not be forgotten that error can occur at any time, no matter how much experience one may have. This book will guide veterinary clinicians in solving problems that may arise in surgery and in the postoperative period and help them anticipate these problems.
KEY FEATURES:
➜ Both clinical and practical approach.
➜ Targeted to novice surgeons as well as more experienced surgeons.
Authors
RODOLFO BRÜHL DAY
Professor of small animal surgery and director of the Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Department at the School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University (Grenada, West Indies).
MARÍA ELENA MARTÍNEZ
Founding member of the Argentinian Association of Neurology (Neurovet Argentina), in charge of its surgery section.
PABLO MEYER
Surgeon in the Surgery Service at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires.
COLLABORATORS José Rodríguez, Tomás Guerrero.
Table of Contents
1. General information
Definition of error
Preoperative errors
Intraoperative errors
Postoperative errors
2. Errors in clinical and perioperative management
Case 1 / Biopsy of a lung mass
Case 2 / Bandage on the wrong limb
Case 3 / Incorrectly secured limbs
Case 4 / Inadequate splinting
Case 5 / Removal of an ectopic cilium
Case 6 / Testicular tumour
Case 7 / Diaphragmatic rupture
3. Errors in surgery of the head, neck, thorax, and abdomen
Case 8 / Chronic oronasal fistula repair
Case 9 / Reconstructive neck surgery
Case 10 / Postoperative evisceration
Case 11 / Gastrectomy
Case 12 / Incorrect gastropexy
Caso 13 / Septic enteritis due to intestinal dehiscence
Case 14 / Ruptured vessel. Partial hepatic lobectomy
Case 15 / Herniorrhaphy with transposition of the gluteus superficialis muscle
Case 16 / Retained foreign body in the thoracic cavity
Case 17 / Resection of an abdominal mass
4. Errors in urinary tract surgery
Case 18 / Perineal urethrostomy
Case 19 / Antepubic entero-neo-urethrostomy
Case 20 / Perineal urethrostomy
Case 21 / Prolapse of the urethral mucosa
5. Errors in surgery of the reproductive system
Case 22 / Ureter ligation
Case 23 / Adhesions following an ovariohysterectomy
Case 24 / Intestinal obstruction due to adhesions following an ovariohysterectomy
Case 25 / Ovarian remnant and pyometra
Case 26 / Evisceration due to incorrect use of plastic cable ties
Case 27 / Haematoma following an orchiectomy and scrotectomy
Case 28 / Cystotomy and removal of an ectopic testis
6. Errors in trauma surgery
Case 29 / Fixation of a comminuted fracture of the radius and ulna
Case 30 / Fixation of a fractured tibia and fibula
Case 31 / Fixation of an open femoral fracture
Case 32 / Femoral head and neck excision
Case 33 / Osteosynthesis with bone grafting in a fracture of the tibia and fibula
7. Errors in ocular surgery
Case 34 / Resection of a fibroma
Case 35 / Caudal auricular axial pattern flap
8. Errors in oncological surgery
Case 36 / Resection of a palpebral neoplasm
Case 37 / Z–Plasty
