Small Animal Surgery, 5th Edition

Your Go-To Guide for Small Animal Surgery, 5th Edition

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. Selected as a Doody's Core Title® 2024, this book covers the latest advances in key areas such as imaging modalities, regenerative medicine, minimally invasive surgery, and neurology, with step-by-step videos and animations of surgical procedures.

Key Features

• Expanded Sections: Expanded sections on thoracoscopy, arthroscopy, and laparoscopy reflect the significant growth in minimally invasive procedures in veterinary medicine.
• New Chapters: A revised chapter on regenerative medicine emphasizes the application of stem cell and regenerative medicine technologies to clinical patients.
• Anesthesia Protocols: Anesthesia Protocols offer easy access to recommendations for anesthetizing animals with particular diseases or disorders.
• Enhanced Visuals: Well-illustrated, step-by-step instructions for surgical techniques provide quick reference to practical how-to information in emergency and clinical situations.
• Aftercare Instructions: Aftercare instruction handouts are provided for many of the procedures in the book.
• Differential Diagnosis: An increased emphasis on differential diagnosis helps you learn how to avoid misdiagnoses that result in unnecessary surgery.
• Correlation Boxes: Correlation boxes highlight advances in veterinary medicine that correlate with human medicine.
• Expert Consult Website: Access to the Expert Consult website, which includes a fully searchable version of the book, step-by-step video clips, and animations of surgical procedures, aftercare instruction handouts, case presentations, and an extensive image collection.