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
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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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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 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.

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

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