A Guide to Canine and Feline Orthopaedic Surgery, 4th Edition

Preface V

SECTION 1 GENERAL 1

1 Fracture healing 3

2 Bone grafts 18

3 Healing of soft tissue injuries 24

4 Osteochondrosis 31

5 Intervertebral disc disease and spinal cord injury 35

SECTION 2 JOINT DISEASE 39

6 Classification and investigation of joint disease 41

7 Osteoarthritis 52

8 Immune-mediated polyarthritides 64

9 Infective (septic) arthritis 73

10 Joint-related neoplasia 77

SECTION 3 FRACTURE MANAGEMENT 81

11 Classification of fractures 83

12 Options in fracture management 87

13 Fracture complications 132

14 Open fractures 152

15 Treating fractures in immature patients 155

SECTION 4 THE SKULL AND SPINE 161

16 The skull 163

17 Neurological examination 175

18 Differential diagnosis 184

19 Further investigation of spinal diseases 186

20 Peripheral nerve injury 201

21 Spinal fractures and luxations 206

22 Atlantoaxial subluxation 217

23 Cervical disc disease 223

24 Cervical spondylopathy 231

25 Thoracolumbar disc disease 246

26 Lumbosacral disease 263

27 Discospondylitis 278

28 Neoplasia of the vertebral column 283

29 Miscellaneous conditions of the spine 286

SECTION 5 THE FORELIMB 299

30 Examination and differential diagnosis of forelimb lameness 301

31 The shoulder 303

32 The humerus 341

33 The elbow 363

34 The radius and ulna 389

35 The carpus 409

36 The manus 425

37 Forelimb amputation 433

SECTION 6 THE HINDLIMB 437

38 Examination and differential diagnosis of hindlimb lameness 439

39 The pelvis 441

40 The hip 455

41 The femur 495

42 The stifle 512

43 The tibia and fibula 554

44 The tarsus 575

45 The pes 598

46 Hindlimb amputation 599

SECTION 7 MISCELLANEOUS ORTHOPAEDIC CONDITIONS 601

47 Nutritional bone disease 603

48 Non-nutritional bone disease 607

49 Myopathies 613

50 Peripheral neuropathies 616

51 Bone neoplasia 618

Index 627