An Atlas of Equine Gastrointestinal Surgery

Part 1 General Considerations: Pre-, intra- and postoperative care of the patient; Median laparotomy; Lateral laparotomy; intra-abdominal exploration; Decompression of prestenotic obstructions of the small and large intestine. Part 2 Gastric and duodenal surgery: Seromuscular Gastrorrhexis; Gastrotomy: Pyloromyotomy; Gastrojejunostomy; Closure of a mesoduodenal gap; Duodenocecostomy. Part 3 Jejunal and Ileal Surgery: Treatment of jejunal impaction; Circular stenosis of the jejunum; Resection of a jejunal tumor; Reduction of a mesenteric volvulus; Reduction of a nodular volvulus; Jejunectomy and anastomotic techniques; Ileectomy and jejunocecostomy; Hernia of oval foramen; Diaphragmatic hernia; Mesenteric Hernia; Scrotal/inguinal hernia; Illecolostomy. Part 4 Cecal Surgery: Lavage Therapy in Cecal impaction; Cecocolostomy and dilation of Cecocolic opening; Removal of cecocecal or cecocolic intussusception; Intraluminal Nacrotization; Transverse resection of cecum; Typhlectomy and Illeocolostomy. Part 5 Surgery of ascending colon: Treatment of impaction of right dorsal colon; Removal of enteroliths from the right dorsal colon; Reposition techniques of diverse colon displacements; Closure of splenonephric cavity; Reduction techniques in torsion of ascending colon; Reduction techniques at ascending colon. Part 6 Surgery of descending colon and rectum: Retention of meconium; Anal atresia; Lavage therapy in impaction of descending colon; Reduction of torsion of descending colon; Removal of enteroliths or conglobations; Resection technique at descending colon; Median approach in colorectostomy; Transanal approach in colorectostomy; Perforation of rectum and artificial anus. Part 7 Postoperative complications. Part 8 Relaparotomy: Mechanical Ileus; Paralytic Ileus; Abdominal adhesion. Part 9 Delayed complications.