Clinical cases of skin surgery

Dr Joaquín J. Sopena has gathered together for that work a remarkable team of national and international specialists in skin surgery in small animals, presenting a versatile work on clinical cases. The book will be structured in a practical and applied manner, aiming at providing a detailed description of each case, including the surgical technique and many pictures and step-by-step series. More than 30 clinical cases on skin surgery that will serve as a guide for every vet in practice confronted for the first time to similar cases. This publication will be a reference guide for those veterinary surgeons whose intention is to improve clinical management of big wounds requiring one or several surgeries.

CONTENTS

1. Medical wound management

Introduction and techniques

Clinical cases

Case 1.1 / Postoperative wound dehiscence

Case 1.2 / Skin tear in the right chest wall

Case 1.3 / Wound in the forearm with conservative management

Case 1.4 / Deep tear in the neck

2. Surgery and secondary closure of wounds

Introduction and techniques

Mandibular degloving injuries

Case 2.1 / Complete mandibular degloving injury

Resection of lip tumours

Case 2.2 / Labial lymphoma

Case 2.3 / Labial plasmacytoma

Wounds caused by drug reactions

Case 2.4 / Cutaneous abrasion on forelimbs due to possible reaction to drugs

Wounds from vehicle impact with substance loss, tear wounds and other complications

Case 2.5 / Severe injury with substance loss on right hind paw

Case 2.6 / Infected wound on left hind limb

Case 2.7 / Tear wound in the perianal and perineal region in a female cat

Case 2.8 / Tear wound in the perianal and perineal region in a male cat

Case 2.9 / Decision on the management of a chronic cervical wound

Case 2.10 / Perianal tear wound

Case 2.11 / Complicated hind paw wound

3. Skin flaps

Introduction and techniques

Clinical cases

Case 3.1 / Correction of a skin defect in the right forelimb by means of a bipedicle flap

Case 3.2 / Plastic surgery in the area of the elbow after a tumour exeresis

Case 3.3 / Resolution of an avulsion injury in the limb by means of a single pedicle advancement flap

Case 3.4 / Tumour exeresis in the distal region of the forearm

Case 3.5 / H-plasty to correct a wound in the right iliac region

Case 3.6 / Chronic wound caused by a bite in the back

Case 3.7 / Wound caused by an iatrogenic burn

4. Skin grafts

Introduction and techniques

Clinical cases

Case 4.1 / Skin graft in the region of the forearm

Case 4.2 / Hit-by-car wound caused complicated by a fracture of the distal physis and malleolus of the tibia

Case 4.3 / Wound caused by extravasation of intravenous fluids

Case 4.4 / Infected wound in the distal region of the tibia

5. Complex techniques and bioregenerative techniques

Introduction and techniques

Clinical cases

Case 5.1 / Treatment of wounds using a mesh with growth factors

Case 5.2 / Single-pedicle, axial-pattern tubed flap after the exeresis of a perianal tumour

Case 5.3 / Combination of an axial pattern flap and skin expander in a chest wall wound

Case 5.4 / Chronic wound proximal to the elbow

Case 5.5 / Wound in the cervical region with muscle tear

Case 5.6 / Plastic surgery in a case of malformation of the upper lip

Case 5.7 / Episioplasty

6. References

Joaquin Sopena, graduate and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Zaragoza. Assistant Professor of the Dept. of Animal Medicine and Surgery at CEU Cardenal Herrera University (UCH CEU). Vice-Deacon of The Faculty of Veterinary Science at UCH CEU.

His lines of research have focused on surgical techniques and advanced applied therapies in the field of veterinary medicine and experimental surgery. He currently manages the Research Group for Experimental and Applied Veterinary Surgery at UCH CEU. In this field he also works with the García Cugat Foundation for biomedical research. He has supervised 7 doctorate theses and has written over 50 scientific articles in national and international journals.

He is a member of the managing committee for the García Cugat Foundation-UCH CEU, the European Society of Veterinary Trauma and Orthopaedics (ES VOT) and the Spanish Association Small Animal Veterinary Surgeons (AVEPA).

Author of the book Wound management and principles of plastic surgery in small animals (Editorial Servet, 2009) and numerous papers and courses on plastic surgery and the management of large wounds at national and international level.