Fractures in the Horse

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Description

Fractures in the Horse?is a comprehensive contemporaneous reference on the subject.

The first 15 chapters deal with principles such as:

• Bone structure and function, physiological aspects of adaptation, stress protection and ultrastructural morphology.
• The pathophysiology of fractures, including material features of bone failure, modes of fracture, loading characteristics, stress and strain.
• Fracture epidemiology including geographic, discipline and horse level incidence, risk factors and variants and predictability.
• Diagnostic imaging including radiography, ultrasonography, scintigraphy, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography and positron emission tomography.
• Acute fracture management, pre-operative planning, anaesthesia and analgesisa, standing fracture repair and management of complications.
• Surgical equiptment and repair techniques, external coaptation and rehabilitaion.

The following 22 chapter cover all clinically relevent fractures. Each describes the relevent anatomy, fracture types, incidence and causation, clinical features and presentation, imaging and diagnosis, acute fracture mangement, treatment options and techniques and documents available results: author?s recommendations are made throughout.

Fractures in the Horse?represents a state of the art text for all involved in equine veterinary medicine. It is a manual for surgeons, diagnosticians, residents and interns. It will serve as a reference text for veterinary practitioners for managing fractures and suspected fractures in the field, advising clients and decision making. Individual chapters will also be relevent to anaesthetists, surgery and imaging personnel.

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Table of Contents

Preface

List of Contributors

CHAPTER

1. INTRODUCTION
Ian Wright

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2. BONE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION?
Christopher Riggs and Allen Goodship

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3. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF FRACTURES
Sue Stover and Jannah Pye

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4. FRACTURE EPIDEMIOLOGY
Timothy Parkin

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5. IMAGING FRACTURES
Sarah Puchalski and Gaynor Minshall

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6. BONE HEALING
Chris Kawcak

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7. TRIAGE AND EMERGENCY CARE
Ian Wright and Jodie Daglish

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8. SURGICAL EQUIPMENT, IMPLANTS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SURGICAL REPAIR
J?rg Auer

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9. PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING AND PREPARATION
Christoph Lischer, Chris Kawcak, and Kathrin M?hlmann

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10. ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
Enzo Vettorato and Federico Corletto

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11. INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
Christoph Lischer and Kathrin M?hlmann

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12. STANDING FRACTURE REPAIR
Richard Payne and Timothy Barnett

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13. EXTERNAL COAPTATION
Ian Wright

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14. POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
Christoph Lischer and Kathrin M?hlmann

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15. CONVALESCENCE AND REHABILITAION
Melissa King, Sherry Johnson, and Jodie Daglish

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16. FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL PHALANX
Dean Richardson

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17. FRACTURES OF THE NAVICULAR BONE
Matthew Smith??

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18. FRACTURES OF THE MIDDLE PHALANX
Jeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass

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19. FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL PHALANX
Matthew Smith?

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20. FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL SESAMOID BONES
Lawrence Bramlage and Ian Wright

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21. FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL CONDYLES OF THE THIRD METACARPAL AND METATARSAL BONES
Ian Wright

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22. DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURES OF THE THIRD METACARPAL AND METATARSAL BONES
Christoph Lischer and Christoph Klaus

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23. FRACTURES OF THE SECOND AND FOURTH METACARPAL/METATARSAL BONES
Dean Richardson and Kyla Ortved

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24. FRACTURES OF THE CARPUS
Wayne McIlwraith

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25. FRACTURES OF THE RADIUS
Alan Ruggles

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26. FRACTURES OF THE ULNA
Ian Wright

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27. FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUS
Jeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass

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28. FRACTURES OF THE SCAPULA
Dean Richardson and Kyla Ortved

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29. FRACTURES OF THE TARSUS
Ian Wright

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30. FRACTURES OF THE TIBIA
Dean Richardson and Kyla Ortved

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31. FRACTURES OF THE PATELLA
Kyla Ortved and Ian Wright

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32. FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR
Jeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass

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33. FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS
Rob Pilsworth and Pieter Ramzan

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34. FRACTURES OF THE VERTEBRAE AND SACRUM
Fabrice Rossignol

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35. FRACTURES OF THE RIBS
David Levine??

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36. FRACTURES OF THE HEAD
Anton F?rst

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37. FRACTURES IN FOALS
Alan Ruggles

Index

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