A Guide to Canine and Feline Orthopaedic Surgery was first published in 1980 as a rapid guide to small animal orthopaedic surgery for those practitioners who needed to keep abreast of current developments in the subject and was followed by second and third editions.
The new fourth edition maintains the same practical approach to the orthopaedic and spinal conditions encountered in general practice but has been completely rewritten to take account of new developments. This is complemented by an expanded art section combining line drawings with radiographs and photographs to clarify surgical procedures.
Contents: Section One - General: Fracture healing, bone grafts, healing of soft tissue injuries, osteochondrosis and intervertebral disc disease and spinal cord inhjury. Section Two - Joint Disease: Classification and investigation of joint disease, osteoarthritis. immune-mediated polyarthritides, infective (spetic) arthritis, joint-related neoplasia.Section Three - Fracture Management - Classification of fractures, options in fracture management, fracture complications, open fractures, treating fractures in immature patients. Section Four - The Skull and Spine - The skull, neurological examination, differential diagnosis, further investigations of spinal disease, peripheral nerve injury, spinal fractures and luxations, atlantoaxial sublaxation, cervical disc disease, cervical spondylopathy, thoracolumbar disc disease, lumbosacral disease, discospondylitis, neoplasia of the vertebral column, miscellaneous conditions of the spine. Section Five - The Forelimb - Examination and differential diagnosis of forelimb lameness, the shoulder, the humerus, the elbow, the radius and ulna, the carpus, the manus, forelimb amputation. Section Six - The Hindlimb - Examination and differential diagnosis of hindlimb lameness, the pelvis, the hip, the femur, the stifle, the tibia and fibula, the tarsus, the pes, hindlimb amputation. Section Seven - Miscellaneous Orthopaedic Conditions - Nutritional bone disease, non-nutritional bone disease, myopathies, peripheral neuropathies, bone neoplasia