Forelimb Lameness, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice
- 1st Edition, Volume 51-2 - February 10, 2021
- Editors: Kevin Benjamino, Kenneth A. Bruecker
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 6 2 4 6 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 6 2 4 7 - 2
This issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Drs. Kevin P. Benjamino and Kenneth A. Bruecker, will focus on Forelimb Lameness. This is one of six issues… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThis issue of Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, guest edited by Drs. Kevin P. Benjamino and Kenneth A. Bruecker, will focus on Forelimb Lameness. This is one of six issues each year. Articles in this issue include, but are not limited to: Gait Analysis and Kinematics, Assessment of orthopedic versus neurologic causes of gait change, Common pathology associated with the digits and metacarpal region
Carpal injuries: from fractures to hyperextension injuries, Physeal injuries and angular limb deformities, The Shoulder Joint and Common Abnormalities, Common neoplastic diseases affecting the thoracic limb, Cervical spondylomyelopathy, IVDD and brachial plexus (peripheral nerve) injuries, Juvenile disease processes affecting the forelimb, Advanced Imaging of the forelimb, Soft tissue injuries affecting the forelimb, Rehabilitation for forelimb injuries, and Elbow Dysplasia.
Carpal injuries: from fractures to hyperextension injuries, Physeal injuries and angular limb deformities, The Shoulder Joint and Common Abnormalities, Common neoplastic diseases affecting the thoracic limb, Cervical spondylomyelopathy, IVDD and brachial plexus (peripheral nerve) injuries, Juvenile disease processes affecting the forelimb, Advanced Imaging of the forelimb, Soft tissue injuries affecting the forelimb, Rehabilitation for forelimb injuries, and Elbow Dysplasia.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Forelimb Examination, Lameness Assessment, and Kinetic and Kinematic Gait Analysis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Orthopedic examination
- Summary
- Clinic care points
- Assessment of Orthopedic Versus Neurologic Causes of Gait Change in Dogs and Cats
- Key points
- Introduction
- Client history
- Gait examination
- Orthopedic examination
- Neurologic examination
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Common Pathology Associated with the Digits and Metacarpal Region
- Key points
- Introduction
- Fractures
- Ligament injuries
- Tendon injuries and sesamoid fractures
- Infections and neoplasia
- Paw injuries and corns
- Clinics care points
- Canine Carpal Injuries: From Fractures to Hyperextension Injuries
- Key points
- Introduction
- Anatomy
- Mechanical behavior of the carpus
- Carpal bone disorders
- Ligamentous injuries
- Arthrodesis of the carpus
- Abductor pollicus longus tenosynovitis
- Clinics care points
- Physeal Injuries and Angular Limb Deformities
- Key points
- Introduction
- The physis: form and function
- Brachial and antebrachial development
- Physeal pathology
- Normal forelimb alignment
- Examination of the patient with a forelimb deformity
- Patterns of forelimb deformity
- Clinics care points
- The Shoulder Joint and Common Abnormalities
- Key points
- Introduction
- Osteochondrosis/osteochondritis dissecans
- Bicipital tendinopathy
- Supraspinatus tendinopathy
- Infraspinatus contracture
- Medial shoulder syndrome
- Shoulder luxation
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Common Neoplastic Diseases Affecting the Forelimb
- Key points
- Introduction
- Patient assessment
- Diagnostic approach
- Specific tumors
- Summary
- Clinic care points
- Neurologic Causes of Thoracic Limb Lameness
- Key points
- Introduction
- Cervical intervertebral disc disease
- Diseases of the brachial plexus
- Cervical spondylomyelopathy
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Juvenile Disease Processes Affecting the Forelimb in Canines
- Key points
- Hypertrophic osteodystrophy
- Panosteitis
- Retained cartilaginous core
- Clinics care points
- Advanced Imaging of the Forelimb: Use of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound and MRI of the Shoulder and Brachial Plexus
- Key points
- Introduction/History/Definitions/Background
- Shoulder tendon pathology
- Musculoskeletal ultrasound
- Technique
- Pathology
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Rehabilitation of the Canine Forelimb
- Key points
- Introduction
- Therapeutic exercise and manual therapy
- Therapeutic modalities and their effects on tissue healing, function, and pain
- Timeline of tissue healing and targets for rehabilitation therapy
- Healing of specific tissues and impacts on rehabilitation protocols
- Summary
- Humeral Intracondylar Fissure in Dogs
- Key points
- Introduction
- History
- Etiopathogenesis
- Presentation
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Revision strategies
- Clinics care points
- Canine Elbow Dysplasia: Ununited Anconeal Process, Osteochondritis Dissecans, and Medial Coronoid Process Disease
- Key points
- Introduction and definition
- Etiology
- Epidemiology
- Medial coronoid process disease and osteochondritis dissecans
- Medial coronoid process disease and osteochondritis dissecans in adult dogs
- Nonunion of the anconeous process
- Prognosis for elbow dysplasia
- Clinics care points
- Canine Elbow Dysplasia: Medial Compartment Disease and Osteoarthritis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Sliding humeral osteotomy
- Proximal abducting ulnar osteotomy
- Summary
- canine unicompartmental elbow arthroplasty
- TATE Total Elbow Replacement in Dogs
- Summary
- Clinic care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 51-2
- Published: February 10, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323762465
- eBook ISBN: 9780323762472
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Kevin Benjamino
Affiliations and expertise
MedVet Medical and Cancer Centers for Pets, Columbus
Contact information: 8155 Markhaven Drive
Columbus, OH 43235KB
Kenneth A. Bruecker
Affiliations and expertise
Continuing Orthopedic Veterinary Education (COVE)
Contact Information: 6370 Grimes Canyon Road
Moorpark, CA 93021-9722