Locking plates and implants in veterinary orthopedics

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"Locking Plates in Veterinary Orthopedics is a comprehensive and state-of-the-art guide to all aspects of using locking plates to treat orthopedic conditions in dogs, cats, and large animals - Offers a proven approach to using locking plates in veterinary practice - Highlights practical clinical applications with illustrative clinical cases - Includes information on the history, principles, and materials as well as specific techniques - Presents data on both traumatic and non-traumatic applications - Provides instructive color photographs to demonstrate the procedures"--Provided by publisher.  Read more... Abstract: "Locking Plates in Veterinary Orthopedics is a comprehensive and state-of-the-art guide to all aspects of using locking plates to treat orthopedic conditions in dogs, cats, and large animals - Offers a proven approach to using locking plates in veterinary practice - Highlights practical clinical applications with illustrative clinical cases - Includes information on the history, principles, and materials as well as specific techniques - Presents data on both traumatic and non-traumatic applications - Provides instructive color photographs to demonstrate the procedures"--Provided by publisher Content: List of Contributors vii Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Disclosures xv 1 A Brief History of Veterinary Locking Plates Applications 1Karl C. Maritato I Principles of Locking Plate Application 7 2 Pitfalls of Locking Plate Applications 9Matthew D. Barnhart 3 The Biology of Locking Plate Applications 13Noel M.M. Moens 4 Dynamic Compression vs. Locking Plating Is One "Better"? A Review of Biomechanical Principles and in vitro Testing 25Adam H. Biedrzycki 5 Minimally Invasive Plate Osteosynthesis 41Philipp Schmierer and Antonio Pozzi II Principles of Locking Plate Applications in Large Animals 51 6 Principles of Locking Plate Applications in Large Animals 53Janik C. Gasiorowski III Current Veterinary Locking Plate Instrumentation and Implants 69 7 The Advanced Locking Plate System (ALPS) 71Tomas Guerrero 8 The Fixin Implant System 77Kevin P. Benjamino and Massimo Petazzoni 9 The Liberty Lock System 83Karl C. Maritato 10 The Polyaxial (PAX) Advanced Locking System 87Matthew D. Barnhart 11 The String of Pearls (SOP) System 91Malcolm G. Ness 12 The Synthes Locking Compression Plate (LCP) System 97Jessica A. Dahlberg and Kenneth A. Bruecker IV Trauma Applications: Clinical Case Examples 103 IV-A Appendicular Skeletal Fractures 103 13 Humerus Fractures 105David R. Mason 14 Radius/Ulna Fractures 111Laurent P. Guiot and Reunan P. Guillou 15 Femur Fractures 121Ian Gordon Holsworth 16 Tibia Fractures 129Kei Hayashi IV-B Axial Skeletal Fractures 141 17 Pelvic Fractures 143Shawn C. Kennedy 18 Maxillofacial and Mandibular Fractures 147Boaz Arzi and Frank J.M. Verstraete 19 Spinal Fractures and Luxations 155Bianca F. Hettlich V Nontrauma Applications: Clinical Case Examples 165 V-A Corrective Osteotomies 165 20 Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy for Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture 167Mary Sarah Bergh 21 Double Pelvic Osteotomy for Hip Dysplasia 175Matthew D. Barnhart 22 Distal Femoral Osteotomy for Patella Luxation 179Ian Gordon Holsworth and Kirk L. Wendelburg V-B Arthrodesis 191 23 Arthrodesis 193Fred Pike V-C Spinal Diseases 201 24 Atlantoaxial Subluxation 203Karl C. Maritato 25 Caudocervical Spondylomyelopathy 209Noel Fitzpatrick 26 Lumbosacral Stabilization 221Noel Fitzpatrick Index 233