The new edition of this practical atlas describes and illustrates, step-by-step, all currently available reconstructive surgical techniques. With new real-life cases and detailed sketches, the book covers both dogs and cats with skin defects caused by injury or tumour resection. The reader is given the widest possible range of treatment options for dealing with individual cases.

 

This second edition includes:

 

The atlas explores the similarities and differences between dogs and cats, with summary tables highlighting important concepts and reconstructive techniques. It offers precise, step-by-step instructions for any veterinarian or student practicing skin surgery and provides a wealth of clear illustrations.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Gert ter Haar, Bryden J. Stanley, Rick F. Sanchez and Jolle Kirpensteijn

Chapter 2: Wound healing and management: a protocol for dogs and cats
Gert ter Haar, Jolle Kirpensteijn, Bryden J. Stanley

Chapter 3: General reconstructive techniques
Jolle Kirpensteijn 

Chapter 4: Avascular, microvascular, and nerve reconstructive techniques
Alberto Ballestín, Gert ter Haar and Jolle Kirpensteijn

Chapter 5: Reconstructive techniques of the facial area and head
Gert ter Haar 

Chapter 6: Eyelid Reconstructive Techniques
Rick F. Sanchez

Chapter 7: Reconstructive techniques of the neck and trunk
Gert ter Haar & Jolle Kirpensteijn

Chapter 8: Reconstructive techniques of the forelimb
Jolle Kirpensteijn & Gert ter Haar 

Chapter 9: Reconstructive techniques of the hindlimb
Jolle Kirpensteijn

Chapter 10: Optimizing Outcomes and Minimizing Complications in Wound Management
Bryden J. Stanley

is a European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery and contributes to provision of the referral soft tissue surgery service at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals. He has a particular expertise in Audiology, ENT soft tissue surgery referrals and Head & Neck (reconstructive) surgery.

 

is Emerita Professor of Surgery at Michigan State University. She graduated Murdoch University, Australia in the 1980s. Her ACVS surgery residency and Master’s degree was from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. At MSU, Stanley’s main research was in upper respiratory diseases in dogs, and wound healing and cutaneous reconstruction. Since retiring from MSU in 2021, she has been working in specialist private practice at the Animal Surgical Center of Michigan. Stanley’s clinical interests are in all aspects of soft tissue surgery, particularly upper respiratory, wound management and cutaneous reconstructive techniques. She is well published, speaks frequently at conferences globally and is currently President of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.

 

is a renowned veterinary surgeon and the Global Chief Veterinary Officer at Hill’s Pet Nutrition. He earned his veterinary degree from Utrecht University in 1988 and furthered his education with an internship at the University of Georgia, followed by a residency in small animal surgery and a master’s degree at Kansas State University. Jolle also completed a surgical oncology fellowship at Colorado State University. He has held professorships at the University of Copenhagen and Utrecht University and is a Diplomate of both the American and European Colleges of Veterinary Surgeons.