Description
Book SynopsisProvides a guide for busy practitioners trying to keep pace with trends in small animal orthopaedic surgery. This title offers a comprehensive review of orthopaedic and spinal conditions in the dog and cat. It is intended for veterinary practitioners diagnosing and treating orthopaedic and spinal problems.
Trade Review"Although there are a fair number of orthopaedic textbooks in the marketplace, I would recommend this one for its practical approach, readability and thoroughness. Being a hardback, its cost is slightly higher than its predecessor's, but it has undergone considerable expansion and, at #55, still represents very good value for money. Even the most experienced surgeon will be able to glean useful practical advice from this book."
—The Veterinary Record
Table of ContentsPreface V
SECTION 1 GENERAL 1
1 Fracture healing 3
2 Bone grafts 18
3 Healing of soft tissue injuries 24
4 Osteochondrosis 31
5 Intervertebral disc disease and spinal cord injury 35
SECTION 2 JOINT DISEASE 39
6 Classification and investigation of joint disease 41
7 Osteoarthritis 52
8 Immune-mediated polyarthritides 64
9 Infective (septic) arthritis 73
10 Joint-related neoplasia 77
SECTION 3 FRACTURE MANAGEMENT 81
11 Classification of fractures 83
12 Options in fracture management 87
13 Fracture complications 132
14 Open fractures 152
15 Treating fractures in immature patients 155
SECTION 4 THE SKULL AND SPINE 161
16 The skull 163
17 Neurological examination 175
18 Differential diagnosis 184
19 Further investigation of spinal diseases 186
20 Peripheral nerve injury 201
21 Spinal fractures and luxations 206
22 Atlantoaxial subluxation 217
23 Cervical disc disease 223
24 Cervical spondylopathy 231
25 Thoracolumbar disc disease 246
26 Lumbosacral disease 263
27 Discospondylitis 278
28 Neoplasia of the vertebral column 283
29 Miscellaneous conditions of the spine 286
SECTION 5 THE FORELIMB 299
30 Examination and differential diagnosis of forelimb lameness 301
31 The shoulder 303
32 The humerus 341
33 The elbow 363
34 The radius and ulna 389
35 The carpus 409
36 The manus 425
37 Forelimb amputation 433
SECTION 6 THE HINDLIMB 437
38 Examination and differential diagnosis of hindlimb lameness 439
39 The pelvis 441
40 The hip 455
41 The femur 495
42 The stifle 512
43 The tibia and fibula 554
44 The tarsus 575
45 The pes 598
46 Hindlimb amputation 599
SECTION 7 MISCELLANEOUS ORTHOPAEDIC CONDITIONS 601
47 Nutritional bone disease 603
48 Non-nutritional bone disease 607
49 Myopathies 613
50 Peripheral neuropathies 616
51 Bone neoplasia 618
Index 627
