Advances in Image-Guided Veterinary Surgery
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Clinical Studies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2024 | Viewed by 12976
Special Issue Editors
Interests: veterinary surgery
Interests: thoracic and abdominal ultrasound; cardiovascular ultrasonography, veterinary cardiology
Interests: internal medicine; thoracic and abdominal ultrasonography; CEUS; interventional procedures
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Dear Colleagues,
In the past few decades, medical imaging has been used as a preoperative and/or intraoperative guide for veterinary surgeons. Imaging systems, such as X-rays, fluoroscopy, ultrasonography, CT and MRI, provide surgeons with a detailed and patient-specific anatomic description of the designated area before surgery. Moreover, intraoperative imaging allows the surgeon to track surgical instruments in hybrid operating rooms in order to directly or indirectly guide the surgical procedures. Imaging techniques can be used in open surgeries, minimally invasive surgeries or diagnostic/therapeutic procedures. This multidisciplinary approach enhances the safety and improves the accuracy of the surgery, reduces tissue trauma (especially using minimally invasive image-guided surgery or interventional procedures), helps to identify tumor margins and finally improves the outcome.
This Special Issue of Animals aims to collect the most significant and recent research regarding the use of preoperative and intraoperative medical imaging techniques used to support veterinary surgery. Authors are invited to submit relevant research studies, review articles and case reports about image-guided surgery in veterinary medicine.
Prof. Dr. Antonello Bufalari
Dr. Andrea Corda
Dr. Domenico Caivano
Guest Editors
Keywords
- medical imaging
- surgery
- minimally invasive surgery
- interventional procedure
- intraoperative imaging