Small Animal Surgical Emergencies

List of Contributors ixPreface xiiiAcknowledgements xvAbout the Companion Website xvii1 Triage and Initial Stabilization of the Emergency Small Animal Surgical Patient 1Dana ClarkeSection I: Gastrointestinal System2 Emergency Stabilization of the Acute Abdomen Patient 17Nyssa Levy and Matthew Beal3 Esophageal Foreign Bodies 22Ivan Doran4 Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies 33Karen Cornell and Amy Koenig5 Intussusception 43Janet J Kovak and Kate Buriko6 Gastric Dilatation and Volvulus 49Michael S. Tivers and Sophie Adamantos7 Mesenteric Torsion 63Elizabeth LaFond and Kristina Kiefer8 Peritonitis 70Adrienne Bentley9 Biliary Emergencies 89Lori Ludwig and Sean Smarick10 Hemoperitoneum 105Cassie N. Lux, William T. N. Culp, and Matthew S. Mellema11 True Abdominal Hernias 116Dan D. Smeak12 Traumatic and Incisional Hernias 128Todd Hamilton13 Perineal Hernias 136Karen M. Tobias14 Pancreatic Abscessation 150F. A. (Tony) Mann15 Hepatic Emergencies 159James A. Perry, Matthew S. Mellema, and William T. N. Culp16 Bleeding Gastrointestinal Ulcers 170Laura Ateca, David Holt, and Leslie KingSection II: Urinary System17 Stabilization of the Uremic Patient 185Kari Beer and Kenneth Drobatz18 Urinary Tract Trauma: Renal and Ureteral Injury 194Daniel Degner19 Urinary Tract Trauma: Approach to the Uroabdomen 200Sara Colopy and Dale Bjorling20 Urinary Tract Trauma: Urethral Injury 211Sara Colopy and Dale Bjorling21 Urinary Obstruction: Ureteral Obstruction 224Daniel Degner and Dana Clarke22 Urinary Obstruction: Urethral Obstruction 237Heidi Phillips and Sara ColopySection III: Respiratory System23 Upper Airway Disease: Stabilization Techniques for Patients with an Upper Respiratory Obstruction 257Meredith Maczuzak and Deborah Silverstein24 Upper Airway Disease: Tracheostomy 263Nathaniel Lam25 Upper Airway Disease: Brachycephalic Airway Syndrome 270Mike Schlicksup26 Upper Airway Disease: Laryngeal Paralysis 279Georga T. Karbe27 Upper Airway Disease: Laryngeal Trauma 286Eric Monnet28 Upper

Lillian R. Aronson , VMD, DACVS, is Professor of Surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.