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<p>Preface</p> <p>List of Contributors</p> <p>CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION<br /><i>Ian Wright</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 2. BONE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION <br /><i>Christopher Riggs and Allen Goodship</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 3. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF FRACTURES<br /><i>Sue Stover and Jannah Pye</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 4. FRACTURE EPIDEMIOLOGY<br /><i>Timothy Parkin</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 5. IMAGING FRACTURES<br /><i>Sarah Puchalski and Gaynor Minshall</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 6. BONE HEALING<br /><i>Chris Kawcak</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 7. TRIAGE AND EMERGENCY CARE<br /><i>Ian Wright and Jodie Daglish</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 8. SURGICAL EQUIPMENT, IMPLANTS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SURGICAL REPAIR<br /><i>Jörg Auer</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 9. PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING AND PREPARATION<br /><i>Christoph Lischer, Chris Kawcak, and Kathrin Mählmann</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 10. ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA<br /><i>Enzo Vettorato and Federico Corletto</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 11. INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS<br /><i>Christoph Lischer and Kathrin Mählmann</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 12. STANDING FRACTURE REPAIR<br /><i>Richard Payne and Timothy Barnett</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 13. EXTERNAL COAPTATION<br /><i>Ian Wright</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 14. POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS<br /><i>Christoph Lischer and Kathrin Mählmann</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 15. CONVALESCENCE AND REHABILITAION<br /><i>Melissa King, Sherry Johnson, and Jodie Daglish</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 16. FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL PHALANX<br /><i>Dean Richardson</i></p> <p>CHAPER 17. FRACTURES OF THE NAVICULAR BONE<br /><i>Matthew Smith  </i></p> <p>CHAPTER 18. FRACTURES OF THE MIDDLE PHALANX<br /><i>Jeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 19. FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL PHALANX<br /><i>Matthew Smith </i></p> <p>CHAPTER 20. FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL SESAMOID BONES<br /><i>Lawrence Bramlage and Ian Wright</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 21. FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL CONDYLES OF THE THIRD METACARPAL AND METATARSAL BONES<br /><i>Ian Wright</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 22. DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURES OF THE THIRD METACARPAL AND METATARSAL BONES<br /><i>Christoph Lischer and Christoph Klaus</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 23. FRACTURES OF THE SECOND AND FOURTH METACARPAL/METATARSAL BONES<br /><i>Dean Richardson and Kyla Ortved</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 24. FRACTURES OF THE CARPUS<br /><i>Wayne McIlwraith</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 25. FRACTURES OF THE RADIUS<br /><i>Alan Ruggles</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 26. FRACTURES OF THE ULNA<br /><i>Ian Wright</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 27. FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUS<br /><i>Jeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 28. FRACTURES OF THE SCAPULA<br /><i>Dean Richardson and Kyla Ortved</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 29. FRACTURES OF THE TARSUS<br /><i>Ian Wright</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 30. FRACTURES OF THE TIBIA<br /><i>Dean Richardson and Kyla Ortved</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 31. FRACTURES OF THE PATELLA<br /><i>Kyla Ortved and Ian Wright</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 32. FRACTURES OF THE FEMUR<br /><i>Jeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 33. FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS<br /><i>Rob Pilsworth and Pieter Ramzan</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 34. FRACTURES OF THE VERTEBRAE AND SACRUM<br /><i>Fabrice Rossignol</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 35. FRACTURES OF THE RIBS<br /><i>David Levine  </i></p> <p>CHAPTER 36. FRACTURES OF THE HEAD<br /><i>Anton Fürst</i></p> <p>CHAPTER 37. FRACTURES IN FOALS<br /><i>Alan Ruggles</i></p> <p>Index</p>

<p><b>The editor </b></p> <p><b>IAN WRIGHT</b> is the Senior Surgeon and Hospital Director at Newmarket Equine Hospital in the UK.

<p><b><i>FRACTURES IN THE HORSE</I> IS A COMPREHENSIVE CONTEMPORANEOUS REFERENCE ON THE SUBJECT.</b></p> <p>The first 15 chapters deal with principles such as: <ul><li>Bone structure and function, physiological aspects of adaptation, stress protection and ultrastructural morphology.</li> <li>The pathophysiology of fractures, including material features of bone failure, modes of fracture, loading characteristics, stress and strain. </li> <li>Fracture epidemiology including geographic, discipline and horse level incidence, risk factors and variants and predictability. </li> <li>Diagnostic imaging including radiography, ultrasonography, scintigraphy, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography and positron emission tomography.</li> <li>Acute fracture management, pre-operative planning, anaesthesia and analgesisa, standing fracture repair and management of complications.</li> <li>Surgical equiptment and repair techniques, external coaptation and rehabilitaion.</li></ul> <p>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. <p><i>Fractures in the Horse</i> 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.

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