title: Fish Surgery: Presurgical Preparation and Common Surgical Procedures.
abstract: Fish surgical procedures are commonplace in aquaria, zoos, laboratory facilities, and pet clinical practice. To incorporate fish surgery into a clinical setting, an understanding of anatomic differences between mammals and fish, bath anesthetics, and recirculating anesthesia techniques must be developed; a system or different size systems to accommodate anesthesia and surgery of particular species of concern at an institution or practice constructed; and familiar mammalian surgical principles applied with some adaptations. Common surgical procedures in fish include coeliotomy for intracoelomic mass removal, reproductive procedures, gastrointestinal foreign body removal, radiotransmitter placement, and integumentary mass excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 2015 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA. Electronic address: sladkyk@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Kurt K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Sladky
authors.affiliation: Audubon Nature Institute, 1 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA.
authors.forename: Elsburgh O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000662:veterinary; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000662:veterinary; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005399:Fishes / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D056887:Pelvic Organ Prolapse / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000662:veterinary*; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D013536:Suture Techniques / Q000662:veterinary
keywords: Bath anesthetic; Coelom; Elasmobranch; Fish; Surgery; Surgical; Teleost