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Technological Advances in Surgical Equipment in Exotic Pet Medicine
Surgery can be challenging in exotic pets owing to their small size and blood volume, and their increased anesthetic risk compared with small animals. Various devices are available to facilitate suturing, cutting, and hemostasis in the human and veterinary fields. These surgical equipment improve the simplicity, rapidity, and effectiveness of surgery. Vessel-sealing devices, radiosurgery, lasers, and ultrasound devices are commonly used because of their ease of use and increase in surgical efficiency. Other surgical devices are available (eg, stapling devices) but are not discussed in this article. (Source: Veterinary Clin...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Lucile Chassang, Camille Bismuth Source Type: research

Advances in Therapeutics and Delayed Drug Release
Reducing the frequency of drug administration in the treatment of exotic pets is advantageous because it may decrease handling frequency and thus potential stress and injury risk for the animal, increase owner compliance with the prescribed treatment, and decrease need for general anesthesia in patients that cannot be handled safely. Increasing efficient drug plasma concentration using sustained-released delivery systems is an appealing solution. Potential candidates that could provide a promising solution have been investigated in exotic pets. In this article, the technologies that are the closest to being integrated in e...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Thomas Coutant, Delphine Laniesse, John M. Sykes Source Type: research

Advances in Exotic Animal Clinical Pathology
Over the last 10  years, exotic animal clinical pathology has been evolving, improving health assessment in avian, mammal, fish, reptile, and amphibian patients. These advances are reviewed in this article. Species-specific reference intervals for blood parameters are becoming more available (eg, for ionized calciu m, endocrine panels, and vitamin D plasmatic concentrations). In addition, new technologies are being developed to facilitate targeted metabolite detection and result acquisition by veterinarians. Novel techniques, biomarkers, and clinical changes related to disease have been described in avian, mam mal, fish, ...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Sarah Alberton, Claire Vergneau-Grosset, No émie Summa Source Type: research

Technological Advances in Wound Treatment of Exotic Pets
This article reviews the literature available about some of these techniques (negative wound pressure therapy, photobiomodulation [laser therapy], electrical stimulation therapy, therapeutic ultrasonography, hyperbaric oxygen therapy), and other advances in wound management (skin expanders, xenografts, and bioengineered autologous skin substitutes) in exotic pet species. (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Mikel Sabater Gonz ález, Jörg Mayer Source Type: research

Technological Advances in Exotic Pet Anesthesia and Analgesia
Even when performed by skilled operators, locating the nerves can be challenging in small exotic pets; in such cases, the use of an electrical nerve stimulator may be useful to confirm the correct identification of the target nerve. Exotic animal anesthesia and analgesia have dramatically progressed over the past decade and continue to do so as more research and technologies develop. Technological advancements such as airway devices, endoscopic intubation techniques, positive intermittent pressure ventilators, and invasive and noninvasive blood pressure monitors have played a significant role in improving patient safety an...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Jessica Comolli, Dario d ’Ovidio, Chiara Adami, Rodney Schnellbacher Source Type: research

Permanent Implantable Medical Devices in Exotic Pet Medicine
Medical devices are defined as implantable if they are intended to remain in the body after the procedure. In veterinary medicine, use of such devices is marginal but may find some indications. Use in exotic pet medicine is even more challenging due to size restriction and the limited data available. This review focuses on the esophageal and tracheal stent in the case of stricture, ureteral stent and subcutaneous ureteral bypass in the case of ureteral obstruction, permanent urinary diversion in the case of bladder atony, and pacemaker in the case of severe arrythmias. Comparative aspects are developed. (Source: Veterinary...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Minh Huynh Source Type: research

Advances in Retrieval and Dissemination of Medical Information
In recent years, there has been a dramatic change in how information can be disseminated in the scientific world. This is especially true for health care in general, and exotic pet practice hardly makes an exception. From the constant growth of online repositories that archives scholarly articles such as PubMed, to the creation of hashtags specific for health care that can be followed by millions of persons, we need to understand that communication is changing and that the proper use of modern technologies may result in an unprecedented era for knowledge retrieval and dissemination. (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North Ame...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Nicola Di Girolamo Source Type: research

Advances in Exotic Animal Osteosynthesis
This article compliments the reviews of orthopedics in small mammals, birds, and reptiles in the previous issue. It reviews relevant recent studies performed in laboratory animals about new orthopedic materials and techniques showing potential to become incorporated into the routine orthopedic treatment of exotic animals in the coming years. (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Mikel Sabater Gonz ález, Daniel Calvo Carrasco Source Type: research

Technological Advances in Herpetoculture
This article summarizes some of the technological advances and products currently available, including lighting, climate control, and recordkeeping. (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Tariq Abou-Zahr, Daniel Calvo Carrasco Source Type: research

Preface
Over the past 20 years, technology has evolved to impact our daily life, inducing major societal changes. The health industry has also followed this trend, with technological devices being more accessible and globalized. It is expected that such revolution would have consequences on veterinary medicine, including exotic pet practice. (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Minh Huynh Source Type: research

Technological Advances in Exotic Pet Practice
VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA: EXOTIC ANIMAL PRACTICE (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice)
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice - August 6, 2019 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Minh Huynh Source Type: research

Copyright
Elsevier (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice)
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Contributors
J ÖRG MAYER, Dr med vet, MSc (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice)
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Contents
Minh Huynh (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice)
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Forthcoming Issues
Renal Disease (Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Exotic Animal Practice)
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