Brinker, Piermattei, and Flo's Handbook of Small Animal Orthopedics and Fracture Repair

The New Edition of this popular resource features complete, up-to-date guidance on the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis for orthopedic problems seen in small animal practice. The well illustrated and clearly written 3rd Edition has been completely reorganized to meet the needs of busy users. Subjects are arranged topographically, making it easy to assemble a list of differential diagnoses when a clinical problem is localized to a specific region.
Review of the 2nd Edition:
"An excellent, comprehensive guide to treatment of common small animal orthopedic problems...Discussions are concise, organized, and clearly stated...the information contained in this book is well worth the price."
--JAVMA
Presents greatly expanded, detailed coverage of the principles and usual methods of fracture fixation in one chapter. Offers an augmented chapter on orthopedic examination--plus state-of-the-art discussions of diagnostic techniques such as nuclear medicine, computerized tomography, arthrography, and arthrocentesis procedures.
Explores appropriate fixation methods with a new fracture classification scheme for long bone fractures...and provides a new fracture patient scoring system that recognizes the importance of a specific patient's total clinical situation.Features 2 chapters on fractures and joint problems of the carpus and tarsus.
Emphasizes treatment of joint disease with reorganized and updated coverage of joint disease therapies.Clarifies concepts and procedures with more than 500 photos, radiographs, and step-by-step line drawings--207 of them new or revised for this edition
References specific figures in the Atlas of Surgical Approaches to the Bones and Joints of Dogs and Cats, a complementary volume to the handbook.Much more