• This successful book, first published in 1980 and now in its fourth edition, provides an authoritative guide for busy practitioners trying to keep pace with current trends in small animal orthopaedic surgery. In this new edition Hamish Denny and Steven Butterworth have retained the same practical approach but have completely rewritten and updated the book to provide a comprehensive review of orthopaedic and spinal conditions in the dog and cat. The illustrations have also undergone a major overhaul and the many line drawings are now combined with photographs and radiographs to clarify diagnostic and surgical techniques.

    Although the size of the book has increased, its regional approach to problems still enables the reader to use it as a rapid reference guide. It will prove an invaluable source of information for veterinary practitioners diagnosing and treating orthopaedic and spinal problems, while postgraduate students taking further qualifications in orthopaedics will find a sound basis for their studies and further reading provided here.

  • 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

  • Hamish Denny MRSS

    Hamish Denny is a sculptor and a veterinary orthopaedic surgeon based in Somerset. He is inspired by animals, birds and plants and creates sculptures which are tactile smooth natural shapes carved from stone.

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