Equine Wound Management

Part 1 Principles of wound healing: inflammatory phase; debridement phase; repair phase; maturation phase; selected references. Part 2 Selected factors that affect wound healing: patient age and physical status; anaemia and blood loss; uremia; malnutrition and protein deficiency; zinc; copper and other minerals; vitamins; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS); corticosteroids; trauma; infection; wound debridement; local anesthetics; sutures techniques and sutures; haematoma and seroma; movement vs. continuous passive motion; topical insulin; bandaging and dressing; magnetic fields; deyhdration and oedema; blood supply and oxygen tension; temperature and pH; selected references. Part 3 Principles of wound management and selection of approaches to wound closure: wound closure; selection of wound supports; selected references. Part 4 Selection of suture materials and suture patterns for wound closure: suture materials; suture patterns; suture placement; selection of suture pattern; selected references. Part 5 Principles of reconstructive surgery: general principles; tension relieving techniques; selected references. Part 6 Wound management and reconstructive surgery of the head region: lips; tongue; nostrils; eyelids; ears; avulsion of the lower lip; fractures; fistula of the facial bones; halter trauma to the nasal bones; congenital deviation of the maxilla, incisive bones, and nasal septum (wry nose). Part 7 Wounds of the body: lacerations; puncture wounds; burns; selected references. Part 8 Wound management and reconstructive surgery of problems associated with the distal limbs: treatment; wounds involving the fetlock, metacarpal, metatarsal, carpal, and tarsal regions; management of wounds of the pastern and foot regions and hoof wall cracks; avulsion injuries of the foot; penetrating wounds of the foot; hoof wall cracks; wounds involving synovial joints; selected references. Part 9 Principles of free skin grafting: preparation of the graft bed; donor site selection; skin grafting techniques; selected references. Part 10 Management of wounds associated with tendons, paratendons, and tendon sheaths: tendon anatomy and healing; lacerations involving the paratendon; laceration of puncture wounds involving tendon sheaths; selected references. Chapter 11 Bandaging and casting techniques: head bandage; stent bandage; basic limb bandage; foot bandage; polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe bandage splint; cast; cast splints.