Preparation and equipment useful for surgery in small exotic pets.
Because many exotic pets are so small, the instrumentation and equipment used for surgery are different from in larger animals. Magnification greatly improves the surgeon's ability to accomplish surgeries in small patients and helps to provide hemostasis because small amounts of blood are significant in these tiny patients. Microsurgical instrumentation is important to allow for proper tissue handling and suture placement. Various other considerations, instrumentation, and equipment are useful when performing surgery on small exotic pets.
Wildlife and Zoological Medicine Service, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
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D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000601:surgery*; D001824:Body Constitution; D013522:Surgery, Veterinary / Q000295:instrumentation*