Small Animal Endoscopy

Todd R Tams

• 10 december 2010
• 9780323065092

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The latest edition of the critically acclaimedbold Small Animal Endoscopy/bold 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 and examples of patient discharge instructions for veterinarians to give to clients. bulletlistbr/bulletboldEnables you to deliver the safest, high quality care/bold and a wider range of services to the pets of increasingly concerned and savvy owners./bulletbr/bulletboldFeatures cutting-edge information/bold boldon minimally invasive procedures/bold to improve diagnostic accuracy, reduce operating time, improve success, minimize post-operative stress and pain, and promote faster healing./bulletbr/bulletboldHelps you recognize the many indications for endoscopy/bold in everyday practice./bulletbr/bulletboldCovers a vast range of topics/bold in a clear, concise and readable style./bulletbr/bulletboldDescribes instrumentation, examination, and sample procurement techniques/bold in detail./bulletbr/bulletboldShows both normal and abnormal findings/bold you may encounter during a procedure in an atlas of images in relevant chapters./bulletbr/bulletboldProvides minimally invasive examination and surgical options/bold for veterinarians treating uniquely sensitive avian and exotic patients./bulletbr/bulletboldProvides step-by-step instructions/bold on specific techniques./bulletbr/bulletboldHelps beginners master endoscopic diagnosis and treatment/bold and more experienced endoscopists utilize their endoscopic equipment to its fullest capacity./bullet/bulletlistbulletlistbr/bulletboldExpanded content on the use of rigid endoscopy/bold helps you perform the most current minimally invasive surgical procedures./bulletbr/bulletboldA new coeditor, Dr. Clarence Rawlings/bold, shares his expertise in rigid endoscopy for diagnostic and surgical procedures and his extensive knowledge of endosurgery./bulletbr/bulletboldConsistent chapter organization/bold includes sections on indications, instrumentation, patient preparation, and restraint, in addition to details of the procedures themselves. /bulletbr/bulletboldOver 1,000 color images/bold depict normal and abnormal anatomical features, as well as numerous tables and diagrammatic representations./bulletbr/bulletboldRequired or recommended instrumentation/bold/bulletbr/bulletboldInstructions/bold on how to care for, clean, and store endoscopic instruments/bulletbr/bulletboldPre-endoscopic procedures/bold, including patient preparation, equipment set-up, and positioning of personnel/bulletbr/bulletboldInstructions /boldon how to correctly hold and manipulate both flexible and rigid endoscopes/bulletbr/bulletboldPost-endoscopic procedures/bold, including patient recovery and proper submission of tissue samples/bulletbr/bulletboldInformation on how to incorporate flexible and rigid endoscopy into a veterinary practice/bold using specific marketing skills and appropriate personnel training/bulletbr/bulletboldA bonus website/bold takes understanding to the next level with videos of: br/- Cystoscope placement technique, normal cystoscopy, and calculi removalbr/- How to perform a normal examinationbr/- 12 different clinical endoscopic procedures, including intraoperative uretheroscopy, laparoscopic-assisted cystoscopy, laser correction of an ectopic ureter, and morebr/- Many patient cases are showcased, with each case presenting a patient's complaint, diagnostic studies used for assessment, the endoscopic procedure enlisted, surgical treatment, and case follow-up. The benefits of using endoscopy are discussed in each ca