Veterinary Surgery Handbook 2026: A Clinical Textbook Covering Orthopedic Fixation, Soft Tissue Techniques, & Perioperative Decision-Making for ACVS Candidates - Softcover

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Veterinary surgery turns on moments most references bury in prose: the fracture that could take a plate or an external fixator, the colon that might be viable or might not, the cranial cruciate that demands a TPLO or a TTA. This reference builds those decisions from biology forward — fracture healing mechanics, wound physiology, neurological localization, anesthetic pharmacology — then follows the science into the operating room across twenty chapters spanning small animal, equine, and farm animal surgery. Sixty Operative Crossroads callouts name the exact decision point, map the path options, identify the trigger that resolves it, and define the bail-out when the primary plan fails.

What This Book Puts in Your Hands

• Fracture fixation across species — plate, interlocking nail, and external skeletal fixator decision logic matched to fracture configuration, patient size, and biological environment.

• Cruciate and joint surgery — TPLO versus TTA reasoning, patellar luxation correction, and total hip replacement indications resolved at the biomechanical trigger.

• Reconstructive flap selection — local advancement through axial pattern flaps chosen by wound geometry, vascular territory, and tension-free closure thresholds.

• Spinal decompression by localization — ventral slot, hemilaminectomy, and pediculectomy mapped to lesion site, lateralization, and imaging findings.

• Emergency surgery — GDV derotation, intestinal viability assessment, and damage control staged by hemodynamic and tissue parameters.

• Equine colic celiotomy — large colon volvulus viability triggers, small intestinal resection limits, and systematic exploration protocols.

• Standing field surgery — abomasal correction, cesarean section, and rumenotomy executed under regional anesthesia with defined conversion thresholds.

Open it before your next case — sixty operative crossroads, resolved.

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