Equine fracture repair /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Saunders,
[1996]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Bone structure and the response of bone to stress
- Fracture biomechanics
- Fracture healing and its noninvasive assessment
- General considerations in selecting cases for fracture repair
- First aid and transportation of fracture patients
- Perioperative considerations
- Surgical equipment and implants for fracture repair
- Principles of fracture fixation
- Bone grafts and bone substitutes
- Novel biological agents to enhance fracture healing
- Casting techniques
- Specific fractures
- Fractures of the proximal phalanx
- Fractures of the middle phalanx
- Fractures of the distal phalanx
- Fetlock fractures and luxations
- Fractures of the proximal sesamoid bones
- Fetlock arthrodesis
- Fractures of the third metacarpus and metatarsus
- Metacarpal stress fractures
- Fractures of the small metacarpal and matatarsal (splint) bones
- Fractures of the carpus
- Fractures of the radius
- Fractures of the ulna
- Fractures of the humerus
- Fractures of the scapula.
- Fractures and luxations of the hock
- Fractures of the tibia
- Fractures of the femur and patella
- Pelvic fracture and coxofemoral luxation
- Fractures of the vertebrae
- Fractures of the cranium
- Fractures of the mandible and maxilla
- Postoperative aspects of fracture repair.
- Systems for recovery from anesthesia
- Postanesthetic myopathy
- Orthopedic implant failure
- Delayed union, nonunion, and malunion
- Osteomyelitis
- Laminitis and contracture deformity
- Applicaton of the interlocking intramedullary nail.