Small Animal Distal Limb Injuries

Description

Small Animal Distal Limb Injuries provide the small and mixed animal practitioner with a definitive but practical, step-by-step guide to the management of soft tissue, orthopedic and athletic injuries of the distal limbs in dogs and cats.

Includes specific coverage of injuries that occur from the carpal/tarsal areas to the digits of dogs and cats. All wounds and injuries are covered and all commonly performed management and bandaging techniques are presented as step-by-step black and white line drawings supplemented by before and after photographs. Regional anatomy is presented for orientation. The work is intended to consolidate, in a single volume, all of the applied clinical information needed for the effective management of distal limb injuries and their reconstruction. This book contains medical and surgical guide lines which are not currently available in the veterinary literature. It spans four important areas of small animal practice (wound healing, bandaging, orthopedic trauma and injuries to muscles, ligaments and tendons) which are of general interest to every practitioner. It contains up to date information regarding applicable drugs and is heavily illustrated. All three authors are very well known to the veterinary community and active on the meeting circuit.

Of great use to undergraduate veterinary students in the latter years of study and to postgraduate students, as well as all small animal and mixed animal practitioners, trainers and others involved with athletic or working dogs.

Key features

• Step-by-step management protocols for Soft Tissue, Orthopedic and Athletic Injuries in the dog and cat.
• Consistent coverage of Indications, techniques, after care and the advantages/disadvantages associated with each technique.
• Over 500 illustrations consisting of original artwork and color photographs.
• Thorough coverage of drugs and equipment currently available.

Published by Teton New Media in the USA and distributed by Manson Publishing outside of North America.

Contents

Part One: Soft Tissue Injuries

Chapter 1: Initial Management of Contaminated and Infected Wounds

• Preliminary Procedures
• Debridement and Lavage
• Wound closure Assessment
• Topical Agents
• Antibiotics and Antibacteriels
• Wound Stimulants
• Tripeptide Copper Complex
• Other Topical Agents

Chapter 2: Bandages, Splints and Slings

• Polyurethane Foam Sponges
• Hydrogels
• Collagen matrix
• Nonadherent semiocclusive Pads
• Adhesive Tape Stirrups
• Tertiary Bandage Layer
• Waterproof Adhesive Tape
• Elastic Adhesive Tape-Pressure Bandage
• Padding Materials
• Foam Sponge Padding
• Stockinette Padding
• Specialty Appliances
• Metal Splints
• Carpal Flexion Splint
• Velpeau Sling
• Robinson Sling

Chapter 3: Carpal-Metacarpal/Tarsal-Metatarsal Wounds

• Primary Wound Closure
• Secondary Wound Closure
• Peripheral Nerve Injury and Repair
• Wounds With Apposed Edges – No Tension
• Wounds With Apposable Edges – Tension
• Various Shaped Wounds
• Wounds Over The Carpus And Tarsus – Extension Surfaces
• Wounds With Non Apposable Edges – Potential For Apposition And Relief of Tenstion Related
• Scars
• Wounds With No Potential For Apposition
• Wounds With Exposed Bones And Joints

Chapter 4: Paw Wounds

• Palmar/Plantar Pad Wounds – Pad Surface
• Deep Abrasion Partial Avulsions And Deep Burns: Bandaging And Splinting
• Pad Punctures
• Metacarpal/Metatarsal Pad Loss
• Pad Replacement – Phalangeal Fillet
• Feline Pouch Flap
• Carpal Pad – Single and Bipedicle Advancement Flaps
• Pad Grafts
• Feline Mesh Grafts
• Superficial Interdigital (Web) Lacerations
• Deep Interdigital Lacerations
• Digit Orthopedic Wounds

Chapter 5: Specific Wounds – Snakebite and Psychogenic Dermatoses

• Snake Bite Wounds
• Psychogenic Dermatoses
• Therapy

Chapter 6: Onychectomy, Deep Digital, Flexor Tenectomy and Digit Amputation

• Onychectomy
• Feline Deep Digital Flexor Tenectomy
• Dewclaw Amputation
• Digit Amputation

Part Two: Orthopedic Injuries

Chapter 7: Orthopedic Injuries of the Tarsal Area

• Anatomy
• Ligament and Tendon Injuries
• Sprain Injury
• Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Rupture of Both Short and Long Medial and Lateral
• Collateral Ligaments
• Diagnosis and Treatment of the Short Lateral Collateral Ligaments of the Tarsus
• Tarsal Shearing Wounds Treated by Oen Wound Healing, Prosthetic Imbrication and Esternal
• Fixation
• Severe Tarsal Shearing Wounds Treated by Early Arthrodesis Using External Fixation
• Severe Tarsal Shearing Wounds Treated by Delayed Arthrodesis Using Bone Plating
• Plantar Intertarsal Subluxation and Luxation
• Dorsal Intertarsal Subluxation
• Luxation of the Base of the Talus
• Tarsometatarsal Joint Subluxation
• Talocalcaneal Luxation
• Sprain Injury
• Injury to the Common Calcaneal Tendon
• Rupture or Laceration of the Common Calcaneal Tendon
• Avulsion of the Gastrocnemious Tendon Insertion
• Chronic Calcaneal Tendonitis
• Gastrocnemious Tears at the Musculotendinous Junction Rupture of the Gastrocnemious
• Muscle
• Luxation of the Superficial Digital Flexor Tendon
• Transarticular External Fixation of the Tarsus
• Malleolar Fractures
• Distal Tibial Physeal Fractures
• Fractures of the Tarsal Bones
• Talus Fractures

Chapter 8: Orthopedic Injuries of the Carpal Area

• Anatomy
• Hyperextension Injury
• Collateral Ligament Instability of the Antebrachiocarpal Joint
• Luxation of the Antebrachiocarpal (Radiocarpal) Joint
• Milddle Carpal Subluxation
• Distal Fractures of the Radius and Ulna
• Distal Radial and Ulnar Fractures: Non-cominuted and Closed
• Distal Radial and Ulnar Fractures: Cominuted and Open
• Angular Limb Deformities
• Radial Carpal Bone Fractures
• Radial Carpal Bone Luxation
• Accessory Carpal Bone Fractures
• Soft Tissue Injury Related to the Accessory Carpal Bone

Chapter 9: Orthopedic Injuries to the Metatarsal, Metacarpal and Phalangeal Areas

• Anatomy
• Metacarpal and Metatarsal Fractures
• Phalangeal Fractures
• Ligamentous Injuries of the Phalanges
• Sesamoid Fragmentation

Part Three: Atheletic and Working Dog Injuries

Chapter 10: Athletic and Working Dog Injuries

• Skin Injuries
• Bruised Nails
• Avulsed Nails
• Pad Injuries
• Corns
• Muscle Injuries
• Interosseous Myositis or Muscle Strain
• Inter osseous Muscle Tears or Ruptures
• Synovial Injuries
• Acute Carpal Synovitis
• Chronic Carpal Synovitis
• Toe Dislocations
• Tendon Injuries
• Palmar or Plantar Lacerations

Steven F. Swaim, DVM, MS
Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Janet A. Welch, DVM, MS
Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Robert L. Gillette, DVM, MSE
Director, Animal Health Performance Program, Auburn University, College of Veterinary Medicine

Contributors: Jennifer Schissler-Pendergraft