Dr. Joaquín J. Sopena has gathered together for that work a remarkable team of national and international specialists in skin surgery in small animals, presenting a versatile work on clinical cases. The book will be structured in a practical and applied manner, aiming at providing a detailed description of each case, including the surgical technique and many pictures and step-by-step series. More than 30 clinical cases on skin surgery that will serve as a guide for every vet in practice confronted for the first time to similar cases. This publication will be a reference guide for those veterinary surgeons whose intention is to improve clinical management of big wounds requiring one or several surgeries.

The Author:

Joaquin Sopena

Graduate and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Zaragoza. Assistant Professor of the Dept. of Animal Medicine and Surgery at CEU Cardenal Herrera University (UCH CEU). Vice-Deacon of The Faculty of Veterinary Science at UCH CEU.
His research lines have focused on surgical techniques and advanced applied therapies in veterinary medicine and experimental surgery. He currently manages the Research Group for Experimental and Applied Veterinary Surgery at UCH CEU. In this field, he also works with the García Cugat Foundation for biomedical research. He has supervised 7 doctorate theses and has written over 50 scientific articles in national and international journals.
He is a member of the managing committee for the García Cugat Foundation-UCH CEU, the European Society of Veterinary Trauma and Orthopaedics (ES VOT), and the Spanish Association Small Animal Veterinary Surgeons (AVEPA).
Author of the book Wound management and principles of plastic surgery in small animals (Editorial Servet, 2009) and numerous papers and courses on plastic surgery and the management of large wounds at the national and international levels.

Table of contents:

1. Medical wound management

  Introduction and techniques

  Clinical cases

    Case 1.1 / Postoperative wound dehiscence

    Case 1.2 / Skin tear in the right chest wall

    Case 1.3 / Wound in the forearm with conservative management

    Case 1.4 / Deep tear in the neck

2. Surgery and secondary closure of wounds

  Introduction and techniques

  Mandibular degloving injuries

    Case 2.1 / Complete mandibular degloving injury

    Resection of lip tumors

    Case 2.2 / Labial lymphoma

    Case 2.3 / Labial plasmacytoma

    Wounds caused by drug reactions

    Case 2.4 / Cutaneous abrasion on forelimbs due to possible reaction to drugs

    Wounds from vehicle impact with substance loss, tear wounds, and other complications.

    Case 2.5 / Severe injury with substance loss on the right hind paw

    Case 2.6 / Infected wound on the left hind limb

    Case 2.7 / Tear wound in the perianal and perineal region in a female cat

    Case 2.8 / Tear wound in the perianal and perineal region in a male cat

    Case 2.9 / Decision on the management of a chronic cervical wound

    Case 2.10 / Perianal tear wound

    Case 2.11 / Complicated hind paw wound

3. Skin flaps

  Introduction and techniques

  Clinical cases

    Case 3.1 / Correction of a skin defect in the right forelimb using a bipedicle flap

    Case 3.2 / Plastic surgery in the area of the elbow after a tumor exeresis

    Case 3.3 / Resolution of an avulsion injury in the limb using a single pedicle advancement flap

    Case 3.4 / Tumour exeresis in the distal region of the forearm

    Case 3.5 / H-plasty to correct a wound in the right iliac region

    Case 3.6 / Chronic wound caused by a bite in the back

    Case 3.7 / Wound caused by an iatrogenic burn

4. Skin grafts

  Introduction and techniques

  Clinical cases

    Case 4.1 / Skin graft in the region of the forearm

    Case 4.2 / Hit-by-car wound caused complicated by a fracture of the distal physis and malleolus of the tibia

    Case 4.3 / Wound caused by extravasation of intravenous fluids

    Case 4.4 / Infected wound in the distal region of the tibia

5. Complex techniques and regenerative techniques

  Introduction and techniques

  Clinical cases

     Case 5.1 / Treatment of wounds using a mesh with growth factors

     Case 5.2 / Single-pedicle, axial-pattern tubed flap after the exeresis of a perianal tumor

     Case 5.3 / Combination of an axial pattern flap and skin expander in a chest wall wound

     Case 5.4 / Chronic wound proximal to the elbow

     Case 5.5 / Wound in the cervical region with a muscle tear

     Case 5.6 / Plastic surgery in a case of malformation of the upper lip

     Case 5.7 / Episioplasty

6. References