The cranial abdomen. Small animal surgery

1. Hernias

General considerations

Umbilical herniation of the omentum.

Omphalocele. Aponeurosis flap

Traumatic hernias

2. Ureters

Ureteral lithiasis

3. Kidneys

Trauma

Hydronephrosis

Nephrolithiasis

Pyelolithiasis. Pyelostomy

Renal lithiasis. Nephrostomy

Purulent nephritis. Pyonephrosis

Renal neoplasia

Renal biopsy

Wedge biopsy

4. Adrenal glands

General considerations

Adrenalectomy

Adrenalectomy in ferrets

Pheocromocytoma

5. Ovary

General considerations

Ovarian neoplasia

Other ovarian cysts

Ovarian remnants

6. Spleen

General considerations

Splenic torsion

Spontaneous torsion

Splenic neoplasia

Splenic fibroma

Partial splenectomy

7. Pancreas

General considerations

Exocrine pancreatic neoplasia

Pancreatic carcinoma

Endocrine pancreatic neoplasia. Insulinoma.

Insulinoma with hepatic metastasis

Pancreatic cyst

8. Stomach

Foreign bodies

General considerations

Gastric dilatation and volvulus syndrome

General considerations

Neoplasia

General considerations

Surgical biopsy of the stomach

Neoplasia of the gastric body and fundus

Partial gastrectomy

Gastric neoplasia in the pyloric antrum

Billroth II gastrectomy (gastrojejunostomy)

9. Liver

General considerations

Liver biopsy

Hepatic neoplasia

Gall bladder disease

General considerations

Choledocholithiasis

Cholecystostomy

Cholecystoenterostomy

10. Portosystemic shunt

General considerations

Technique for mesenteric portography

Surgical treatment

11. General Techniques

Radiology of the abdomen

Ultrasonography of the abdomen

Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration

Diagnostic cytology

Exploratory laparotomy

Exploratory laparoscopy

Enteral feeding. General considerations

Gastrostomy. Midline laparotomy

Gastrostomy. Paracostal laparotomy