Veterinary ophthalmic surgery / / Kirk N. Gelatt and Janice Peterson Gelatt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910583042603321
• Autore: Gelatt Kirk N
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [S.l.], : Elsevier Saunders, c2011
• ISBN: 0-7020-4893-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): GelattJ. P (Janice Peterson)
• Disciplina: 636.08977
• Soggetti: Veterinary ophthalmology; Eye - Surgery
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Veterinary Ophthalmic Surgery; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1: Surgical instrumentation; Introduction; Design of ophthalmic instruments; Ophthalmic surgical instruments; Adaptations for large animals and special species ophthalmic surgeries; Surgical instruments for ophthalmic surgeries; Instrument care, storage, and sterilization; Ophthalmic sutures and needles; Further reading; Chapter 2: The operating room; Introduction; Magnification; Illumination; Chairs for microsurgery; Patient preparation; Basic operative approach; Hemostasis; ElectroepilationCryotherapy; Laser therapy; Perioperative drugs; Patient recovery/restraint; Subpalpebral medication systems; Further reading; Chapter 3: Anesthesia for ophthalmic surgery; Introduction; Ophthalmic effects of general anesthetics; Preanesthetic medications; Injectable general anesthetics; Inhalational general anesthetics; Neuromuscular blocking agents; Ophthalmic drug and anesthetic drug interactions; Systemic diseases and general anesthesia; Local or regional eyelid injections/nerve blocks; Retrobulbar injections/nerve blocks in animals; Choice of general anesthetic for selected ophthalmic surgical proceduresAdaptations for large animals and special species; Horse; Cattle; Further reading; Chapter 4: Surgery of the orbit; Surgical management of orbital diseases; Ancillary diagnostic procedures; Surgical anatomy of animal orbits; Surgical pathophysiology; ; Perioperative medications; Types of Orbital Surgical Procedures; Enucleation procedures in small animals; Evisceration with intraocular prosthesis in small animals; Exenteration in small animals; Enucleation procedures in large animals and special species; Orbitotomy in small animalsTotal and partial orbitectomy; Orbitotomy in large animals and special species; Surgical management of traumatic proptosis in small animals; Surgical augmentation of orbital volume in small animals; Postoperative Care and Management; Postoperative complications and treatment in all species; Short- and long-term results in all species; Further reading; Chapter 5: Surgery of the eyelids; Introduction; Anatomy; Preoperative examination procedures; Surgical considerations of the eyelids; Surgical instrumentation; Surgical preparations of the eyelids; Tarsorrhaphy in small animalsTarsorrhaphy in the horse; Aftercare for eyelid surgery in the horse; Lateral canthotomy; Surgical procedures for eyelid agenesis; Surgical procedures for distichiasis; Surgical procedures for ectopic cilia; Surgical procedures for entropion in small animals; Non-surgical treatment of entropion; Surgical management of entropion; Postoperative management and complications; Adaptations in Large Animals and Special Species; Entropion in horses; Entropion in sheep; Entropion and periocular fat pads in the Vietnamese potbellied pig (Sus scrofa); Surgical procedures for ectropion
• Sommario/riassunto: Purchasers of <i>Veterinary Ophthalmic Surgery</i> have at their disposal a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to all types of ophthalmic surgical techniques across all species. Techniques are covered topographically, and species-by-species, with difficulty gradings for each one. Many of these procedures will be undertaken by the veterinary generalist, not only the specialized ophthalmologist. Nearly 1,000 large-sized illustrations, 750 of them in full colour, allow the practitioner to follow the techniques step-by-step. Internationally recognized as an authority on small animal ophthalmic