Small Animal Surgical Emergencies

Contributors xii Preface xvii Acknowledgements xviii About the Companion Website xix Daisy’s Story xx 1 Triage and Initial Stabilization of the Emergency Small Animal Surgical Patient 1 Dana Clarke 2 Operating Room Nursing Tips for Emergency Surgical Procedures 20 Cami Elliott, Michelle Capps, and Michael McCallum Section I Gastrointestinal System 49 3 Emergency Stabilization of the Acute Abdomen Patient 51 Nyssa Levy and Matthew Beal 4 Esophageal Foreign Bodies 58 Ivan Doran 5 Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies 70 Amie Koenig and Mandy L. Wallace 6 Intussusception 81 Janet Kovak McClaran and Yekaterina Buriko 7 Rectal Prolapse 88 Jennifer L. Huck 8 Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus 93 Michael S. Tivers and Sophie Adamantos 9 Intestinal Volvulus 108 Elizabeth LaFond and Kristina Kiefer 10 Colonic Torsion 115 Chloe Wormser 11 Peritonitis 119 Adrienne Bentley and Anusha Balakrishnan 12 Surgical Intervention Post-Celiotomy 141 Michael B. Mison 13 Biliary Emergencies 146 Lori Ludwig and Sean Smarick 14 Hemoperitoneum 164 Cassie N. Lux, William T. N. Culp and Steven E. Epstein 15 True Abdominal Hernias 178 Daniel D. Smeak 16 Traumatic and Incisional Hernias 190 Todd Hamilton 17 Perineal Hernias 199 Karen M. Tobias 18 Pancreatic Abscessation 216 F. A. (Tony) Mann 19 Hepatic Emergencies 226 James A. Perry, Steven E. Epstein, and William T. N. Culp 20 Bleeding Gastrointestinal Ulcers 238 Yekaterina Buriko, David Holt, Laura Ateca, and Lesley King 21 Enteral Feeding Tubes 251 Aarti Kathrani Section II Urinary System 263 22 Stabilization of the Uremic Patient 265 Kari Beer and Kenneth Drobatz Section IIa Urinary System - Urinary Tract Trauma 277 23 Renal and Ureteral Injury 279 Dan Degner and Chloe Wormser 24 Approach to the Uroabdomen 285 Sara Colopy, Adam Townsend, and Dale Bjorling 25 Urethral Injury 297 Sara Colopy, Adam Townsend, and Dale Bjorling Section IIb Urinary System – Urinary Obstruction 311 26 Ureteral Obstruction 313 Daniel Degner, Dana Clarke, and Chloe Wormser 27 Urethral Obstruction 331 Heidi Phillips and Sara Colopy Section III Respiratory System 351 Section IIIa Respiratory System – Upper Airway Disease 353 28 Stabilization Techniques for Patients with an Upper Respiratory Obstruction 355 Meredith Maczuzak and Deborah C. Silverstein 29 Tracheostomy 364 Nathaniel Lam 30 Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome 372 Mike Schlicksup 31 Laryngeal Paralysis 383 Georga T. Karbe 32 Laryngeal Trauma 391 Eric Monnet 33 Tracheal Collapse 395 William T. N. Culp and Matthew D. O’Donnell Section IIIb Respiratory System – Pleural Space Disease 405 34 Stabilization Techniques for Patients with Pleural Space Disease 407 Erica Reineke and Jen Savini 35 Diaphragmatic Hernia 417 MaryAnn Radlinsky 36 Pyothorax 425 Lori S. Waddell and David A. Puerto 37 Hemothorax 433 Chad W. Schmiedt and Benjamin M. Brainard 38 Pneumothorax 441 David A. Puerto and Lori S. Waddell 39 Lung Lobe Torsion 451 Jacob A. Rubin and Jaime Green 40 Surgical Approach to the Thoracic Cavity 459 David A. Puerto and Jacob A. Rubin Section IIIc Respiratory System – Chest Wall Disease 467 41 Stabilization Techniques for Patients with Chest Wall Disease 469 Nolan Chalifoux and Deborah Silverstein 42 Pectus Excavatum 475 Krista N. Adamovich-Rippe and William T. N. Culp 43 Flail Chest 483 Eric Monnet Section IV Cardiovascular System 487 44 Pacemaker Therapy 489 Caryn Reynolds and Katrine Saile 45 Pericardial Effusion 501 Augusta Pelosi and Amy Koenigshof 46 Open-Chest Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 514 Jasper Burke and Deborah Silverstein Section V Reproductive System 525 47 Cesarean Section 527 Stephen D. Gilson 48 Pyometra 534 Jacqueline Davidson and Dorothy Black 49 Penile and Testicular Emergencies 541 Susan P. Gregory 50 Prostatic Abscessation 553 Richard A. S. White 51 Uterine and Vaginal Prolapse 565 Pieter Nelissen Section VI Wound Management 573 52 Bite Wounds 575 David Holt and Vincent Thawley 53 Burn Injury 586 Caroline Garzotto and Dana Clarke 54 Penetrating Injury in the Dog and Cat 600 Steve J. Mehler 55 Necrotizing Fasciitis 613 Karol A. Mathews and Ameet Singh 56 Degloving and Shear Injuries 626 Bryden J. Stanley and Susan W. Volk 57 Skin Flaps and Grafts: Managing Complications 645 Michael B. Mison 58 Incisional Infections 652 Brandy A. Burgess Section VII Ocular Emergencies 659 59 Ocular Emergencies 661 Deborah C. Mandell and Rosalie M. Atkins Section VIII Oral Surgical Emergencies 685 60 Oral Surgical Emergencies 687 Alexander M. Reiter Section IX Orthopedic Emergencies 701 61 Approach to the Septic Joint 703 Samuel P. Franklin 62 Surgical Management of Open Fractures 715 Kimberly Agnello 63 Traumatic Joint Luxation and Reduction 725 Anna Massie and Po-Yen Chou Index 739