Manual of Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery, 3rd Edition

by Karen Tobias, Cassie Lux
February 2026

Fully revised new edition of a highly practical guide for successful soft tissue surgery in dogs and cats

Manual of Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery, Third Edition, provides tips and tricks that experienced veterinary surgeons use to make procedures easier, faster, and more successful, with clear, concise, step-by-step instructions on how to complete procedures commonly performed in a small animal practice. The book is meticulously illustrated with hundreds of high-quality color photographs and detailed line drawings.

Fully updated and revised, the Third Edition of this popular guide features expanded coverage of the latest ideas on, and approaches to, surgical techniques. Organized by procedure type, the book covers surgery of the skin, abdomen, digestive system, urogenital tract, thoracic cavity, and head and neck, as well as miscellaneous procedures. Each chapter includes an introduction and tips for preoperative management, surgery, and postoperative considerations.

The new edition of Manual of Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery:

• Updates all literature reviews to provide the most recent data on complication rates and prognosis and the latest references
• Adds new procedures or new variations of procedures such as the Aberdeen knot, Mila E-Tube, and modified Seldinger technique for chest tube placement
• Discusses tension-relieving techniques, full-thickness mesh grafts, and caudal superficial epigastric axial pattern flaps
• Includes information on subcutaneous drain placement, traumatic body wall hernias, total ear canal ablation, bulla osteotomy, nasopharyngeal polyps, and auricular hematoma

The Third Edition of Manual of Small Animal Soft Tissue Surgery is an indispensable learning tool for veterinary students and new graduates and a refresher course for experienced practitioners. It belongs on the reference shelves of every general practitioner, especially those with an interest in surgery.