Clinical cases of skin surgery

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Dr. Joaqu?n J. Sopena has gathered together for that work a remarkable team of national and international specialists in skin surgery in small animals, presenting a versatile work on clinical cases. The book will be structured in a practical and applied manner, aiming at providing a detailed description of each case, including the surgical technique and many pictures and step-by-step series. More than 30 clinical cases on skin surgery that will serve as a guide for every vet in practice confronted for the first time to similar cases. This publication will be a reference guide for those veterinary surgeons whose intention is to improve clinical management of big wounds requiring one or several surgeries.

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Table of contents:

1. Medical wound management

? Introduction and techniques

? Clinical cases

? ? Case

1. 1 / Postoperative wound dehiscence

? ? Case

1. 2 / Skin tear in the right chest wall

? ? Case

1. 3 / Wound in the forearm with conservative management

? ? Case

1. 4 / Deep tear in the neck

2. Surgery and secondary closure of wounds

? Introduction and techniques

? Mandibular degloving injuries

? ? Case

2. 1 / Complete mandibular degloving injury

? ? Resection of lip tumors

? ? Case

2. 2 / Labial lymphoma

? ? Case

2. 3 / Labial plasmacytoma

? ? Wounds caused by drug reactions

? ? Case

2. 4 / Cutaneous abrasion on forelimbs due to possible reaction to drugs

? ? Wounds from vehicle impact with substance loss, tear wounds, and other complications.

? ? Case

2. 5 / Severe injury with substance loss on the right hind paw

? ? Case

2. 6 / Infected wound on the left hind limb

? ? Case

2. 7 / Tear wound in the perianal and perineal region in a female cat

? ? Case

2. 8 / Tear wound in the perianal and perineal region in a male cat

? ? Case

2. 9 / Decision on the management of a chronic cervical wound

? ? Case

2. 10 / Perianal tear wound

? ? Case

2. 11 / Complicated hind paw wound

3. Skin flaps

? Introduction and techniques

? Clinical cases

? ? Case

3. 1 / Correction of a skin defect in the right forelimb using a bipedicle flap

? ? Case

3. 2 / Plastic surgery in the area of the elbow after a tumor exeresis

? ? Case

3. 3 / Resolution of an avulsion injury in the limb using a single pedicle advancement flap

? ? Case

3. 4 / Tumour exeresis in the distal region of the forearm

? ? Case

3. 5 / H-plasty to correct a wound in the right iliac region

? ? Case

3. 6 / Chronic wound caused by a bite in the back

? ? Case

3. 7 / Wound caused by an iatrogenic burn

4. Skin grafts

? Introduction and techniques

? Clinical cases

? ? Case

4. 1 / Skin graft in the region of the forearm

? ? Case

4. 2 / Hit-by-car wound caused complicated by a fracture of the distal physis and malleolus of the tibia

? ? Case

4. 3 / Wound caused by extravasation of intravenous fluids

? ? Case

4. 4 / Infected wound in the distal region of the tibia

5. Complex techniques and regenerative techniques

? Introduction and techniques

? Clinical cases

? ? ?Case

5. 1 / Treatment of wounds using a mesh with growth factors

? ? ?Case

5. 2 / Single-pedicle, axial-pattern tubed flap after the exeresis of a perianal tumor

? ? ?Case

5. 3 / Combination of an axial pattern flap and skin expander in a chest wall wound

? ? ?Case

5. 4 / Chronic wound proximal to the elbow

? ? ?Case

5. 5 / Wound in the cervical region with a muscle tear

? ? ?Case

5. 6 / Plastic surgery in a case of malformation of the upper lip

? ? ?Case

5. 7 / Episioplasty

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