Atlas of Large Animal Surgery (БУ). A. W. Kersjes, I. Nemeth

A thorough anatomical and pathophysiological knowledge of the condition and meticulous attention to surgical principles are the basis for all surgical procedures. Assuming these requirements are fulfilled, surgery is by its very nature a discipline which should be visualized. Modern visual aids are therefore playing an increasingly important role in the instruction of surgical techniques. This does not mean that textbooks will become redund-ant, but there is a trend toward more illustrations and less text, a tendency which underlies the preparation and publishing of this atlas.
The authors are of the opinion that it will be elucidating to students and veterinary surgeons to have available a full colour photographic atlas of the treatment of the most important surgical conditions. We have attempted to show the essential steps of each procedure, accompanied by pertinent but limited text. It often has been a challenge to find a balance between text and photographs and at the same time to meet the requirements of adequate description, within the limitations of the concept of this atlas.
This publication does not aim at replacing a textbook, and thus chapters on general surgical principles have been omitted. It is therefore assumed that the reader has knowledge of current concepts of, for instance, asepsis and antisepsis, instrumentation, suture materials and techniques, wound heal-ing, principles of fracture repair, and supportive measures (fluid therapy, role of antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs etc.).
The surgical techniques are in most cases time-honoured and are used in the Department of General and Large Animal Surgery and the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and A. I. at Utrecht. The majority of the presented techniques, especially those concerning the bovine species and other food animals, can be carried out in general practice. However, a number of advanced techniques which can not be performed without hospital facilities are included.