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. A

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