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.

Steven F. Swaim, Janet A. Welch, Robert L. Gilette

ContentsPart One: Soft Tissue InjuriesChapter 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 SlingChapter 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 JointsChapter 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 WoundsChapter 5: Specific Wounds - Snakebite and Psychogenic Dermatoses Snake Bite Wounds Psychogenic Dermatoses