Main 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.

Contents:

Preface

List of Contributors

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
Ian Wright

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

CHAPTER 3. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF FRACTURES
Sue Stover and Jannah Pye

CHAPTER 4. FRACTURE EPIDEMIOLOGY
Timothy Parkin

CHAPTER 5. IMAGING FRACTURES
Sarah Puchalski and Gaynor Minshall

CHAPTER 6. BONE HEALING
Chris Kawcak

CHAPTER 7. TRIAGE AND EMERGENCY CARE
Ian Wright and Jodie Daglish

CHAPTER 8. SURGICAL EQUIPMENT, IMPLANTS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SURGICAL REPAIR
Joerg Auer

CHAPTER 9. PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING AND PREPARATION
Christoph Lischer, Chris Kawcak, and Kathrin Mahlmann

CHAPTER 10. ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
Enzo Vettorato and Federico Corletto

CHAPTER 11. INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
Christoph Lischer and Kathrin Mahlmann

CHAPTER 12. STANDING FRACTURE REPAIR
Richard Payne and Timothy Barnett

CHAPTER 13. EXTERNAL COAPTATION
Ian Wright

CHAPTER 14. POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
Christoph Lischer and Kathrin Mahlmann

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

CHAPTER 16. FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL PHALANX
Dean Richardson

CHAPER 17. FRACTURES OF THE NAVICULAR BONE
Matthew Smith

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

CHAPTER 19. FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL PHALANX
Matthew Smith

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

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

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

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

CHAPTER 24. FRACTURES OF THE CARPUS
Wayne McIlwraith

CHAPTER 25. FRACTURES OF THE RADIUS
Alan Ruggles

CHAPTER 26. FRACTURES OF THE ULNA
Ian Wright

CHAPTER 27. FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUS
Jeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass

CHAPTER 28. FRACTURES OF THE SCAPULA
Dean Richardson and Kyla Ortved

CHAPTER 29. FRACTURES OF THE TARSUS
Ian Wright

CHAPTER 30. FRACTURES OF THE TIBIA
Dean Richardson and Kyla Ortved

CHAPTER 31. FRACTURES OF THE PATELLA
Kyla Ortved and Ian Wright

CHAPTER 32. FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR
Jeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass

CHAPTER 33. FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS
Rob Pilsworth and Pieter Ramzan

CHAPTER 34. FRACTURES OF THE VERTEBRAE AND SACRUM
Fabrice Rossignol

CHAPTER 35. FRACTURES OF THE RIBS
David Levine

CHAPTER 36. FRACTURES OF THE HEAD
Anton Furst

CHAPTER 37. FRACTURES IN FOALS
Alan Ruggles

Index