Pitfalls in Veterinary Surgery

The Editor Geraldine B. Hunt, BVSc, PhD, FACVSc, is Emeritus Professor at the University of California at Davis, California, USA.

• Notes on Contributors viiAcknowledgments ixPreface xi1 “Can’t You Do Anything Right?”: The Shocking Realization That I Was Not Perfect 12 Beastly Bellies 53 The Friday Night Special: Or Why Do Patients Become Critical Just Before the Weekend? 154 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: When to Refer and What Do You Do When Referral Is Not an Option? 275 Courage, Mystery, and Awe: The Intangibles of Being a Veterinary Doctor 39Julie M. Meadows6 Placed on Earth to Test Us: The Not‐So‐Humble Spay 43Catherine F. Le Bars7 “Oops!”: Not a Good Word to Hear During Surgery 478 Learning the Hard Way: Student, Resident, Teacher 579 “But I Don’t Want to Look Stupid …”: How to Let Others Help You 6510 “It Didn’t Look Like That on Paper!”: When Textbooks Let Us Down 7311 “It Will Be Interesting to See Whether That Works”: How to Be a Creative Surgeon 8312 When the Unthinkable Happens: Mishaps, Mis‐steps, and Medical Errors 9513 Things Went South – Now What? 10314 “There’s Got to Be a Morning After”: Things Went Wrong – Now Live With It 11115 One Leg Too Many: Patients Who Lost Limbs 12116 Reconstruction Rescue: When the Hole Just Keeps Getting Bigger and Bigger 13317 “Why Is Sam Straining?”: Iatrogenic Strictures and Stray Oddities 14318 “An Alien in My Waiting Room”: Everyday Occurences of the Unexpected and Unbelievable 15519 Rewind: What Would I Do Differently If I Had the Chance? 167Index 171

�[The book] is generally well written and will be a great adjunct for general practitioners and veterinary students, interns, and residents who have an interest in small animal surgery. For experienced veterinary surgeons, it is a heartwarming and humbling read of relatable experiences.� JAVMA, January 2018