Veterinary Suture Handbook

The Veterinary Suture Handbook (Expanded Edition) serves as a comprehensive technical guide for veterinarians and students, detailing the characteristics and applications of modern suture materials and surgical instruments. The text emphasizes tissue-specific suturing techniques for organs including the skin, gastrointestinal tract, blood vessels, and nerves. This edition includes expanded content on laparoscopic surgery, mechanical sutures, and tissue adhesives, with a dedicated chapter focused on ophthalmology. It features 170 images to illustrate surgical procedures and knot-tying techniques, while also addressing regulatory controls and manufacturing processes for sterile suture materials.

7. Surgical knot tying techniques; 8. Sutures in different tissues (Skin, Subcutaneous tissue, Fascial and aponeurotic tissues, Muscle tissues, Gastrointestinal tract, Blood vessels, Nerves, Tendons, The urinary tract, Parenchymal organs, Other sutures); 9. Sutures in ophthalmology (The appendages of the eye, The eyeball, Adhesives in ophthalmology); 10. Mechanical sutures; 11. Sutures in laparoscopic surgery; 12. Tissue adhesives; 13. Regulatory control of suture characteristics; 14. Sterile suture materials: manufacturing processes and current legislation; 15. References