Different reconstructive procedures are nowadays available to allow implant placement also in the presence of severely atrophic partially or totally edentulous ridges, such as GBR with particulate grafts and resorbable or non-resorbable membranes or autogenous bone block grafts. These procedures are both reliable but sometimes time-consuming and very technically demanding in terms of adaptation and fixation of the grafts, both particulate or in blocks.
Prof. Matteo Chiapasco
45 Min Lecture + 15 Min Q&A
After the introduction in the 1980s of minimally invasive surgery in human medicine, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery started to take hold also in veterinary medicine. Thanks to its reduced invasiveness and its fast post-operative recovery, minimally invasive surgery started to expand so quickly that nowadays it has become the preferred technique for many surgical procedures. Laparoscopy and Thoracoscopy in the dog and cat is a comprehensive book that describe all the minimally invasive surgical procedures.
