Complications in Equine Surgery 1st Edition

Your Essential Guide to Complications in Equine Surgery

This book is the first reference to focus exclusively on understanding, preventing, recognizing, managing, and prognosing technical and post-procedural complications in equine surgery. Edited by two noted experts, the book presents evidence-based information using a clear approach, organized by body system. This important text is an essential resource for decreasing morbidity and mortality and increasing surgical success in horses.

Key Features

• First of its Kind: Offers the first resource specifically focused on complications encountered in equine surgery.
• Body System Organization: It takes a helpful format organized by body system, with chapters covering the gastrointestinal, respiratory, musculoskeletal, urogenital, and neurological systems.
• Comprehensive Coverage: Each chapter contains a short introduction of the procedure, with explanations of when and how the procedure is to be performed. All chapters review how to recognize and prevent technical complications and explain how to manage post-operative complications.
• Evidence-Based: It presents evidence-based information using a clear approach.
• Extensive Visuals: It presents more than 350 color images to illustrate the concepts described.
• Broad Audience: Written for general practitioners and specialists, it is an essential resource for increasing surgical success in horses.