Manual of Equine Wound Management

Part 1: Introduction; 1. General Principles Of Wound Healing; 2. Factors Which May Delay Healing; 3. Types Of Wound; 4. Wound Lavage; 5. Debridement Of The Wound; Part 2: Management Of Simple Incised Wounds; 1. General Advice to the Owner; 2. Suture Patterns For Skin Wound Repair; Part 3: Management Of Complicated Wounds In Horses; 1. Special Bandaging Problems For Difficult Sites: i. The Head; ii. The Body Trunk; iii. The Upper Hind Limb Region; iv. The Hock; v. The Knee; vi. The Hoof; vii. General Advice To Owner; 2. General Principles Of Wound Management:i. Management Of Exuberant Granulation Tissue; ii. Skin Grafting:; iii. Split Thickness Graft; iv. Full Thicess Grafts; v. Facilitation Of Wound Contraction; vi. Stimulation Of Epithelialisation; vii. Inhibition Of Excess Granulation Tissue; viii. Control Of Wound Infection And Inflammation; ix. Graft Take; x. Organisation; xi. Causes Of Graft Failure; xii. Wound Preparation And Timing Of Grafting; xiii. Preparation Of The Recipient Site; xiv. Pedicle Grafts; xv. Free Grafts; xvi. Free Full-Thickness Grafts; xvii. Split-Thickness Grafts; xviii. Mesh Grafts; xix. Tunnel Grafts; xx. Pinch Grafting; 3. Management of Specific Wound Types; i. Eyelid Injuries/Eye Injuries; ii. Wounds Involving Muscle Damage; iii. Wound With Exposed Bone; iv. Wounds Complicated By Fractures; v. Wounds Involving The Mouth; Tongue & Jaws; vi. Wounds Involving Nerve Damage; vii. Wounds Involving Tendons And Sheath; viii. Wound Involving Open Joints; ix. Wounds Involving Hoof Capsule & Coronary Band; x. Wounds Involving Cranial Damage; xi. Wounds Involving Open Body Cavities; xii. Wounds Involving Major Blood Vessels; xiii. Wounds Involving Ducts And Reproductive Organs; Appendices; Index