edited by Sorrel J. Langley-Hobbs, MA, BVetMed, DSAS(P), DipECVS, MRCVS, European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery, University Surgeon, Head of Small Animal Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Jackie L. Demetriou, BVetMed, CertSAS, DipECVS, MRCVS, European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery, Hon. Assoc. Professor of Small Animal Surgery, University of Nottingham, Dick White Referrals, Suffolk, UK, Jane F. Ladlow, MA, VetMB, DipECVS, MRCVS, European Specialist in Small Animal Surgery, Lecturer, Soft Tissue Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK