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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Contributors ix
Preface xi
About the Editors xii
1 General Principles, Instruments, and Equipment 1
R. Avery Bennett
2 Suture Materials 11
Michael S. McFadden
3 Magnification Surgery 23
Heidi Phillips
4 Invertebrate Surgery 35
Gregory A. Lewbart
5 Fish Surgery 46
Claire Vergneau-Grosset and E. Scott Weber, III
6 Amphibian Surgery 63
Claire Vergneau-Grosset and E. Scott Weber, III
7 Reptile Orthopedic Surgery 74
Michael S. McFadden
8 Surgical Approaches to the Reptile Coelom 85
Geoffrey W. Pye and R. Avery Bennett
9 Reptiles: Soft Tissue Surgery 96
Stephen J. Mehler and R. Avery Bennett
10 Avian Orthopedics 112
Brett Darrow and R. Avery Bennett
11 Approaches to the Caudal Coelom (Abdomen) of Birds 154
Michael B. Mison and R. Avery Bennett
12 Avian Reproductive Procedures 163
Stephen J. Mehler and R. Avery Bennett
13 Surgery of the Avian Gastrointestinal Tract 175
Michael B. Mison and R. Avery Bennett
14 Surgery of the Avian Respiratory System and Cranial Coelom 190
Geoffrey W. Pye
15 Minimally Invasive Surgery Techniques in Exotic Animals 204
Stephen J. Mehler and R. Avery Bennett
16 Orthopedic Surgery in Small Mammals 227
Michael S. McFadden
17 Rabbit Soft Tissue Surgery 240
R. Avery Bennett
18 Ferret Soft Tissue Surgery 277
Catriona MacPhail
19 Rodent Soft Tissue Surgery 297
R. Avery Bennett
20 Soft Tissue Surgery in Hedgehogs 322
Daniel J. Duffy and R. Avery Bennett
21 Surgery of the Sugar Glider 332
Geoffrey W. Pye
22 Small Mammal Dental Surgery 338
Estella Böhmer
23 Large Mammal Dental Surgery 369
Allison D. Woody, David A. Fagan, and James E. Oosterhuis
24 Primate Surgery 383
Celia R. Valverde and Elizabeth Bicknese
25 Marine Mammal Surgery 402
Jennifer L. Higgins, Carmen M. H. Colitz, and Dean A. Hendrickson
26 Megavertebrate Laparoscopy 418
Mark Stetter and Dean A. Hendrickson
27 Zoo Animal Surgery 426
Geoffrey W. Pye
28 Surgical Oncology in Exotics 432
Elizabeth A. Maxwell
Index 448
