I Introduction to Surgery.- 1 Operating-Room Procedures.- Sterilization.- Operative Procedure.- General Conduct.- 2 Instruments and Sutures.- Instruments.- Sutures.- Suturing.- 3 Wound Healing.- 4 Anesthesia.- Preanesthetic Medications.- Intravenous Anesthesia.- Insertion of Endotracheal Tube.- Inhalation Anesthesia.- Stages of Anesthesia.- 5 Water and Electrolyte Metabolism.- Evaluation of Disorders.- Replacement Therapy.- II Surgical Procedures.- 6 Laparotomy.- Anatomic Descriptions.- Surgical Procedure.- Postsurgical Care.- Laboratory Procedures.- 7 Splenectomy.- Spleen.- Surgical Procedure.- Postsurgical Care.- Clinical Considerations.- 8 Lobectomy.- Lungs.- Surgical Procedure.- Postsurgical Care.- Clinical Considerations.- 9 Ligation of a Coronary Artery.- Coronary Circulation.- Surgical Procedure.- Postsurgical Care.- Cardiac Resuscitation.- Clinical Considerations.- 10 Creation of a Ventricular Septal Defect.- Anatomy and Physiology.- Surgical Procedure.- Postsurgical Care.- Laboratory Procedures.- Clinical Considerations.- 11 Intestinal Anastomosis.- Anatomic Descriptions.- Physiology.- Surgical Procedure.- Postsurgical Care.- 12 Nephrectomy and Renal Transplantation.- Kidneys.- Surgical Procedure.- Postsurgical Care.- Clinical Considerations.- 13 Adrenalectomy.- Adrenal Glands.- Surgical Procedure.- Preoperative and Postoperative Care.- Clinical Considerations.- 14 Parathyroidectomy and Thyroidectomy.- Anatomy.- Physiology of the Parathyroid Glands.- Surgical Procedure.- Postsurgical Care.- Clinical Considerations.- 15 Closed Reduction of a Transverse Femoral Fracture by Intramedullary Pinning.- Anatomy and Physiology.- Surgical Procedure.- Postsurgical Care.- Clinical Considerations.- III Clinical Procedures and Laboratory Techniques.- 16 Clinical Laboratory Methods in Physiologic Surgery.- Sample Collection.- Hematology.- Clinical Chemistry.- 17 Basic Electrocardiography.- The Electrocardiogram.- Recording and Reading the Electrocardiogram.- Interpretation.- 18 Use of the Sphygmomanometer in the Dog.- 19 Emergency and Resuscitative Procedures.- Patent Airway.- Cardiac Resuscitation.- Establishment and Maintenance of an Intravenous Line.- Vascular Cut-down.- 20 Necropsy of the Dog.- General Considerations.- Necropsy Procedure.- Recording the Necropsy Findings.- Trimming Blocks for Histopathologic Examination.

This second edition of Animal Physiologic Surgery presents an integrated introduction to surgery for students in all of the health sciences. As with the first, this edition introduces the novice to surgery using the animal model, and emphasizes the relation of surgery to physiologic function. The book begins with a practical introduction to sterile technique and instrumentation, then develops the student's familiarity with basic surgical skills, and progresses to procedures requiring some proficiency and inter­ pretation. While all of the procedures involve a degree of complexity, our experience has shown that beginning students are capable of handling these exercises as we have presented them. We have expanded and revised the section covering surgical technique in response to the many useful and encouraging comments we received on the first edition. In addition, the section on clinical procedures and laboratory techniques has been reorgan­ ized to include a chapter on emergency and resuscitative procedures. By emphasizing the physiologic responses to disease states and to surgical intervention, we not only convey an understanding of surgery's potential and limitations, but also point out the student's responsibility for providing the best possible pre-, intra-, and postoperative care. The section on laboratory procedures is designed to provide further insight into the body's physiology in a clinical context. I am grateful to the contributors for their close cooperation, especially Dr.