Noordsy's Food Animal Surgery -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Companion Website -- Chapter 1 General Surgical Consideration -- Preoperative Procedures -- History -- Physical Examination and Clinical Tests -- Monitoring and Assessment -- Surgical Facilities -- Restriction of Food and Water in Elective Surgery -- Preoperative Medications -- Preparing the Surgical Site -- Cleaning -- Preparation of the Proposed Surgical Site -- Draping -- Tail Restraint -- Postoperative Care -- Nutrition -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 2 Surgical Restraint -- General Considerations -- Techniques That Divert the Animal's Attention -- Cattle -- Pigs -- Methods That Prevent Kicking -- Cattle -- Calves, Sheep, and Goats -- Methods for Raising a Leg in Cattle -- Using a Front Leg Hobble -- Raising the Front Leg Manually -- Raising the Rear Leg Manually -- Using the Beam Hook Method with the Rear Leg (Figure 2-7) -- Methods for Restraining the Tail in Cattle -- Using a Tail Rope -- Using a Tail-to-Leg Tie -- Methods for Casting Cattle -- Burley Method (Figure 2-8) -- Reuff's Double Half-Hitch Method (Figure 2-9) -- Other Restraints -- Sideline Restraint (Figure 2-10) -- Lateral Recumbency Restraint in a Young Calf -- Mechanical Restraint -- Chutes for Cattle -- Cage or Rotary Tables -- Flat Tables -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 3 Local and Regional Anesthesia -- General Considerations for Local and Regional (Nonepidural) Anesthesia -- Introduction -- Prerequisites for Applying Regional Anesthesia -- Abdominal Wall Anesthesia In Cattle (Figure 3-1) -- Proximal Lumbar Paravertebral Nerve Block -- Distal Lumbar Paravertebral Nerve Block (Figures 3-6 and 3-7) -- Inverted L Paralumbar Anesthesia (Figure 3-8) -- Anesthesia of the Distal Limb Via Vascular (IV) Infusion in Cattle -- Indications -- Preinfusion Procedures -- Materials -- Technique.

Characteristics of the Anesthesia -- Anesthesia of the Horn (Cornual Nerve Block) -- Cattle -- Goats -- Eye and Eyelid Anesthesia in Cattle -- General Considerations -- Preinfusion Procedures -- Peterson Eye Block -- Retrobulbar and Auriculopalpebral Nerve Anesthesia -- Block of the Auriculopalpebral Nerve (Branch of Cranial Nerve VII) -- Teat Anesthesia in Cattle -- General Considerations -- Ring Block of the Teat Base (Figure 3-12) -- Inverted V Block Over the Surgical Area (Figure 3-13) -- Teat Cistern Infusion (Figure 3-14) -- Vascular (Local) Infusion -- Sacral and Subsacral Paravertebral Blocks -- Sacral Paravertebral Alcohol Block in Ruminants -- Subsacral Paravertebral Nerve Block in Pigs -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 4 Epidural Anesthesia -- Principles of Epidural Anesthesia -- Anatomic Considerations -- Action of Epidural Anesthesia -- Types of Epidural Anesthesia Classifi ed According to Effect -- Indications for Epidural Anesthesia -- Contraindications to Epidural Anesthesia -- Administering Epidural Anesthesia -- Types of Anesthesia According to Site of Injection -- Lumbar Segmental Epidural in Cattle -- Lumbosacral Epidural -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 5 General Anesthesia and Postoperative Analgesia -- Introduction and General Considerations -- General Anesthesia -- Injectable Anesthesia -- Other Considerations -- IV injections in Swine -- Selected Drugs Used for Sedation, Tranquilization, Analgesia, Anesthesia, and Muscle Relaxation -- Phenothiazine-Based Tranquilizers -- Alpha2 Agonist -- Anesthetic Agents -- Commonly Used Drug Combinations -- Inhalation Anesthesia -- Pain Management in Surgical Patients -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 6 Surgery of the Head and Neck in Cattle and Goats -- Basic Cornuectomy in Cattle -- Indications and General Considerations -- Anesthesia -- Materials -- Presurgical Procedures.

Surgical Technique -- Postoperative Care -- Surgical Cornuectomy in Cattle -- Indications and General Considerations -- Presurgical Procedures -- Materials -- Preanesthesia -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique -- Suturing -- Cornuectomy in Goats -- General Considerations -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique and Considerations -- Trephination of Frontal Sinuses in cattle -- Indications and General Considerations -- Anatomic Considerations -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique -- Dentistry in Cattle -- General Considerations -- Surgical Technique -- Tracheotomy in cattle -- Indications and General Considerations -- Restraint -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique (Figure 6-4) -- Postoperative Care -- Esophagostomy in Cattle -- Indications and General Considerations -- Anatomic Considerations -- Restraint -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique -- Suturing -- Postoperative Procedures -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 7 Surgical Treatment of Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Corneal Dermoids in Cattle -- Ocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma -- General Considerations -- Surgery on the Membrane Nictitans or Third Eyelid -- Surgery on the Upper and Lower Eyelids -- Keratectomy: Surgery to Remove Noninvasive Corneal Plaques -- Enucleation of the Eye -- Corneal Dermoid Surgery -- General Considerations -- Surgery for Entropion -- General Considerations -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique -- Postoperative Care -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 8 Hernias and Umbilical Masses -- Introduction -- Anatomic Parts of a Hernia -- Varieties of Hernias -- Predisposing Conditions -- General Considerations -- Surgical Procedures in Cattle -- Umbilical (Ventral) Herniorrhaphy -- Inguinal Herniorrhaphy After Castration -- Inguinal (Scrotal) Herniorrhaphy in Mature Bulls -- Diaphragmatic Herniorrhaphy.

Surgical Procedures in Pigs -- Umbilical (Ventral) Herniorrhaphy -- Inguinal (Scrotal) Herniorrhaphy -- Herniorrhaphy in Sheep and Goats -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 9 Laparotomy in Cattle -- Abdominal Surgery in cattle -- General Considerations -- Restraint -- Presurgical Procedures -- Incision Technique (Left or Right Paralumbar Region) (Figures 9-2 to 9-7) -- Suturing -- Exploratory Laparotomy -- General Considerations -- Common Indications -- Restraint -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique -- Suturing -- Postoperative Care -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 10 Rumenotomy, Fistulation, Cannulation, and Pericardiotomy in Cattle -- Rumenotomy -- Indications -- Restraint -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Laparotomy -- Surgical Technique (Figures 10-1 to 10-6) -- Suturing -- Creation of a Temporary Rumen Fistula -- General Considerations -- Anatomic Considerations -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Gas Removal and Draping -- Surgical Technique (Figures 10-7 to 10-12) -- Postoperative Care -- Permanent Rumen Cannulation -- General Considerations -- Presurgical Procedures -- Restraint -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique -- Postoperative Care -- Pericardiotomy: Surgically Correcting Traumatic Pericarditis -- Feasibility of Surgery -- Initial Evaluation -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Materials -- Draping -- Surgical Technique -- Suturing -- Postoperative Care -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 11 Abomasal Surgery -- General Considerations -- Surgical Techniques for Treating Left Displaced Abomasum -- Left Side Abomasopexy -- Omentopexy and Pyloro-omentopexy -- Ventral Abomasopexy -- Closed Suture Techniques to Treat Left Displaced Abomasum -- Surgical Procedures for Treating Right Displaced Abomasum -- General Considerations -- Surgical Technique -- Postoperative Care.

Surgical Technique for Treating Abomasal Volvulus (RTA) -- General Considerations -- Restraint -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique -- Postoperative Care -- Conclusion -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 12 Surgical Treatment of Intestinal Obstruction -- Introduction -- Common Clinical Signs of Intestinal Obstruction in Cattle -- Using Resection and Anastomosis to Treat Intussusception of the Jejunum in Cattle -- Initial Evaluation -- Restraint -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique -- Suturing -- Postoperative Care -- Emergency Repair of Intestinal Laceration or Evisceration Trauma in Pigs and Calves -- Spermatic Cord-Induced Intestinal Incarceration Surgery in Steers -- Etiology -- Clinical Signs -- Restraint -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique -- Suturing -- Postoperative Care -- Treating Typhlectasis with or without Torsion -- General Considerations -- Restraint -- Presurgical Procedures -- Anesthesia -- Surgical Technique for Cecotomy or Partial Cecectomy -- Suturing -- Postoperative Care -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 13 Rectal Prolapse Repair -- Factors That Can Predispose Animals to Rectal Prolapse -- Nutrition -- Environment -- Management -- Disease Conditions -- Types of Rectal Prolapse (Figure 13-1) -- Surgical Repair -- Presurgical Procedures -- Simple Replacement -- Mucosal Layer Resection (Figure 13-2) -- Rectal Amputation (Figure 13-3) -- Other Techniques for Prolapse Repair -- Common Sequelae to Rectal Prolapse and Repair -- Suggested Reading -- Chapter 14 Surgery of the Female Reproductive System -- Oophorectomy in Cattle -- Indications and General Considerations -- Surgical Approaches -- Left Paralumbar Fossa Approach Oophorectomy -- Vaginal Approach Oophorectomy -- Cesarean Section in Cows and Other Procedures to Aid Delivery.

Indications and General Considerations.