Description
Book SynopsisThis textbook emphasizes the fundamentals of bone fracture and its fixation, including advanced techniques of osteosynthesis in both small and large animals. Various fracture fixation techniques and devices have been described in simple language with the help of sketches and photographs. The chapter on the basic considerations in fracture fixation narrates bone structure and types, bone development and growth regulation, types of fracture and fracture healing, first aid and emergency treatment, selection of fracture fixation technique, anesthetic management, and fracture fixation implants and instruments. The book highlights principles of different external, internal, and external skeletal fixation techniques. It also presents various basic and advanced techniques used to manage specific fractures in different bones, separately for small and large animal patients. It also includes specific topics like fracture fixation in young, osteoporotic, and avian bones, open fracture management, bone grafts and scaffolds, and fracture fixation complications. Towards the end, the book elucidates miscellaneous but essential topics in veterinary orthopedics such as metabolic bone diseases, antebrachial bone deformities, joint luxations, arthritis, common tendon, and ligament injuries, bone tumors, and physiotherapy and rehabilitation of patients. This textbook is essential reading for veterinary students, practitioners, and researchers working in veterinary orthopedic surgery.
Table of ContentsChapter 1_Structure and Types of Bones. - Chapter 1.1_Bone Development and Growth Regulation. - Chapter 1.2_Fracture Biomechanics and Classification. - Chapter 1.3_Fracture Healing and Methods to Enhance Healing. - Chapter 1.4_Implants for Fracture Fixation. - Chapter 1.5_Instrumentation for Fracture Fixation. - Chapter 1.6_Examination of Animals with Fracture. - Chapter 1.7_Emergency Treatment of Fracture and First Aid. – Chapter 1.8_Anaesthesia and Pain Management in Animals with Fracture. - Chapter 1.9_Methods of Fracture Reduction. - Chapter 1.10_Timing and Selection of Fracture Fixation Technique. - Chapter 2_PRINCIPLES OF FRACTURE FIXATION TECHNIQUES. - Chapter 2.1_External Fixation Techniques. - Chapter 2.2_Internal Fixation Techniques. - Chapter 2.3_External Skeletal Fixation Techniques. - Chapter 3_MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC FRACTURES IN SMALL ANIMALS. - Chapter 3.1_Fractures of Humerus. - Chapter 3.2_Fractures of Radius-Ulna. - Chapter 3.3_Fractures of Femur. - Chapter 3.4_Fractures of Tibia-Fibula. - Chapter 3.5_Fractures of Metacarpus and Metatarsus. - Chapter 3.6_Fractures of mandible. - Chapter 3.7_Fractures of Pelvis. - Chapter 3.8_Fractures of Spine. - Chapter 4_MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC FRACTURES IN LARGE ANIMALS. - Chapter 4.1_Fractures of Humerus. - Chapter 4.2_Fractures of Radius-Ulna. - Chapter 4.3_Fractures of Femur. - Chapter 4.4_ Fractures of Tibia. - Chapter 4.5_Fractures of Metacarpus and Metatarsus. - Chapter 4.6_Fractures of Mandible. - Chapter 5_FRACTURES OF YOUNG, OSTEOPOROTIC AND AVIAN BONES. - Chapter 6_OPEN FRACTURES. - Chapter 7_BONE GRAFTS AND SCAFFOLDS IN FRACTURE REPAIR. - Chapter 8_COMPLICATIONS OF FRACTURE FIXATION. - Chapter 9_METABOLIC BONE DISEASES. - Chapter 10_ANTEBRACHEAL BONE DEFORMITIES. - Chapter 11_JOINT LUXATIONS. - Chapter 12_COMMON TENDON AND LIGAMENT INJURIES. - Chapter 13_BONE TUMOURS. - Chapter 14_PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC PATIENTS
