Handbook of Equine Wound Management

Part One: Introduction *General Principles Of Wound Healing*Factors Which May Delay Healing*Types Of Wound*Wound Lavage*Debridement Of The WoundPart 2: Management Of Simple Incised Wounds*General Advice to the Owner*Suture Patterns For Skin Wound RepairPart 3: Management Of Complicated Wounds In Horses*Special Bandaging Problems For Difficult Sites*The Head:*The Body Trunk*The Upper Hind Limb Region*The Hock*The Knee*The Hoof*General Advice To Owner:*General Principles Of Wound Management:*Management Of Exuberant Granulation Tissue*Skin Grafting:*Split Thickness Graft*Full Thickness Grafts*Facilitation Of Wound Contraction*Stimulation Of Epithelialisation*Inhibition Of Excess Granulation Tissue *Control Of Wound Infection And Inflammation*Graft Take*Organisation*Causes Of Graft Failure*Wound Preparation And Timing Of Grafting*Preparation Of The Recipient Site*Pedicle Grafts*Free Grafts*Free Full-Thickness Grafts*Split-Thickness Grafts*Mesh Grafts*Tunnel Grafts*Pinch GraftingPart 4: Management of Specific Wound Types*Eyelid Injuries/Eye Injuries*Wounds Involving Muscle Damage*Wound With Exposed Bone*Wounds Complicated By Fractures*Wounds Involving The Mouth / Tongue & Jaws*Wounds Involving Nerve Damage*Wounds Involving Tendons And Sheath*Wound Involving Open Joints*Wounds Involving Hoof Capsule & Coronary Band*Wounds Involving Cranial Damage*Wounds Involving Open Body Cavities*Wounds Involving Major Blood Vessels*Wounds Involving Ducts And Reproductive Organs*AppendicesIndex