General Animal Surgery and Anaesthesiology
With Theory and Practicals

A.K. Gangwar (Author), Naveen Kumar (Author), Kh. Sangeeta Devi (Author)

9789380235172

Hardback, published 15 June 2010

428 pages
23.5 x 19.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.95 kg

The book has been written by consulting a number of standard textbooks and journals from the related field. In order to make the text more meaningful, several illustrations and photographs have been incorporated at appropriate places.

• Section I. Theory. A. General Surgery:
• 1. Historical aspects and introduction
• 2. Pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative consideration of a surgical patient
• 3. Sterilization
• 4. Suture materials and suture patterns
• 5. Fluid therapy
• 6. Shock
• 7. Fracture
• 8. Wound
• 9. Burn
• 10. Hernia (Dr. A.K. Sharma)
• 11. Inflammation
• 12 Sprain, strain and bursitis
• 13. Arthritis
• 14. Luxation subluxation and dislocation
• 15. Diseases of arteries and veins. B. Anesthesiology
• 16. Historical aspects and general considerations
• 17. Preanesthetic agents
• 18. General anesthesia
• 19. Injectable anesthetics and their combinations used for general Anesthesia (Dr. Adarsh Kumar)
• 20. Inhalant anesthetics
• 21. Anesthetic emergencies and their management
• 22. Endotrachael intubation (Adarsh Kumar)
• 23. Muscle relaxants
• 24. Local anesthetics
• 25. Local anesthetics techniques
• 26. Acupuncture


• Section II. Objective:
• 1. General consideration for set up of an operation theatre (OT)
• 2. Preparation of general surgical pack
• 3. Familiarization with udder and teat instruments
• 4. Familiarization with orthopedic instruments
• 5. Familiarization with ophthalmic instruments
• 6. Familiarization with Hoof instruments
• 7. Familiarization with Dental instruments
• 8. To study different types of catheters and their applications
• 9. Restraining and positioning of animals for surgical interventions
• 10. Familiarization with different apparatuses used for general anesthesia
• 11. Preparation, calculation and induction of general anesthesia
• 12. Demonstration monitoring of general anesthesia and management of anesthetic emergencies
• 13. Hemorrhage and hemostasis
• 14. Bandages and slings
• 15. Demonstration of monitoring of general anesthesia
• 16. Anesthesia for laboratory and wild animals
• 17. Restraining of animals
• 18. Miscellaneous instruments