Radiology of Small Animal Fracture Management

Part 1 Introduction to radiography. Part 2 Fracture descriptions: fracture diagnosis; fracture classification; gunshot injuries; physeal fractures; apophyseal fractures; periosteal injury; soft tissue injury. Part 3 Orthopaedic fixation devices: Introduction; coaptation, splinting and casting; screws; plates; wires; external fixation devices; intramedullary fixation devices. Part 4 Radiology of fracture healing: importance of blood supply; radiology of fracture healing by secondary intention; radiology of fracture healing by primary intention; radiology of autologous cancellous bone graft; radiology of delayed fracture healing; radiology of nonunion fractures; radiology of post-traumatic aseptic necrosis; radiology of post-traumatic osteopenia; radiology of malunion fractures. Part 5 Radiology of osteomyelitis: pathogenesis of osteomyelitis; route of infection; influence of soft tissue injury; clinical diagnosis of osteomyelitis; pathogenesis of sequestration; radiology of osteomyelitis associated with fracture; complications of osteomyelitis. Part 6 Axial skeletal trauma: head trauma; mandibular fractures; dental fractures; spinal trauma; rib fractures. Part 7 Appendicular skeletal trauma: scapular fractures; humeral fractures; radial fractures; ulnar fractures; carpal, metacarpal, and phalangeal fractures; pelvic fractures; femoral fractures; tibial fractures; tarsal, metatarsal, and phalangeal fractures. Part 8 Joint injury: intra-articular fractures; fracture/luxation; haemarthrosis; intra-articular gas; post-traumatic septic arthritis; luxation, subluxation and dislocation; shoulder joint; elbow joint; antibacterial, intercarpal, carpometacarpal and interphalangeal joints; hip joint; stifle joint; tibiotarsal, intertarsal, tarsometatarsal and interphalangeal joints. Part 9 Pathological fractures: spinal pathological fractures; mandibular pathological fractures; lone bone pathological fractures. Part 10 Soft tissue trauma: soft tissue swelling; soft tissue gas; soft tissue foreign bodies.