List of contributors
Foreword
Preface
Section 1: Lameness investigation
1 Normal locomotion
Neil Burton and Gordon Brown
2 Lameness examination
Harry Scott
3 Imaging
Thomas W. Maddox
4 Sampling and laboratory investigation
Emma Scurrell and Gareth Arthurs
Section 2: Musculoskeletal disorders
5 The normal joint
Richard Barrett Jolley and Rebecca Lewis
6 Arthritis
Ralph Abercromby, John Innes and Dylan Clements
7 Diseases and disorders of bone
Gareth Arthurs and Sorrel Langley-Hobbs
8 Disturbances of growth and bone development
Gareth Arthurs and Sorrel Langley-Hobbs
9 Muscle, tendon and ligament injuries
Angus Anderson
10 Diseases of muscle and the neuromuscular junction
G. Diane Shelton
11 Tumours of the musculoskeletal system
Nicholas J. Bacon
12 Neurological causes of lameness
Sebastien Behr and Simona Tiziana Radaelli
Section 3: Principles of orthopaedic surgery
13 Principles of orthopaedic surgery
Rob Pettitt
14 Surgical instruments and implants
John Lapish and David Strong
15 Arthroscopy
Bernadette Van Ryssen and John Lapish
16 Complications of orthopaedic surgery
Simon Roch
17 Postoperative management and rehabilitation
Briony Alderson, Rob Pettitt and Louise Dale
Section 4: Management of specific disorders, ordered by individual joints
18 The shoulder
Steve Butterworth and Rob Pettitt
Imaging Techniques: Thomas W. Maddox
19 The elbow
Neil Burton
Imaging Techniques: Thomas W. Maddox
20 The carpus
Stephen Clarke and Jonathan Pink
Imaging Techniques: Thomas W. Maddox
21 The distal limb
Mike Guilliard
Imaging Techniques: Thomas W. Maddox
22 The hip
Toby J. Gemmill and Bill Oxley
Imaging Techniques: Thomas W. Maddox
23 The Stifle Mike Farrell
Imaging Techniques: Thomas W. Maddox
24 The tarsus
Rob Pettitt, Gareth Arthurs, Brian Beale Don Hulse
Imaging Techniques: Thomas W. Maddox
25 The temporomandibular joint
Andy Moores
Imaging Techniques: Thomas W. Maddox
Index
Gareth Arthurs, PGCertMedEd MA VetMB CertVR CertSAS DSAS(Orth) FHEA FRCVS
Gareth graduated from Cambridge University in 1996 and has worked in mixed practice and first opinion small animal general practice. He has been an RCVS Diplomate and recognised Specialist in small animal surgery (orthopaedics) since 2007. He has worked at a number of large referral practices in the UK and Ireland including Universities of Dublin, Liverpool, Cambridge and the Royal Veterinary College Small Animal Teaching Hospital as well as referral practices. Gareth joined us in 2018 and divides his time between clinical practice, consultancy work for Veterinary Instrumentation and delivering orthopaedic CPD. His particular areas of interest are arthroscopy, fracture repair, medial patellar luxation, cruciate disease/TPLO, total joint/hip replacement. He is Senior Vice Chairman of the British Veterinary Orthopaedic Association, an examiner for the RCVS.
Gordon Brown BVM&S CertSAO MRCVS
Orthopaedic Surgeon/Referral Director
Gordon graduated from Edinburgh University in 1984. He joined the practice in 1986 and founded the orthopaedic referral practice in 1997 with Simon Gilbert. He is now a referral director at the Grove. Gordon’s area of expertise is in the diagnosis and treatment of small animal orthopaedics and spinal injuries. In 1994 he gained his certificate in small animal orthopaedics (an examination set by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons) and was awarded the Leslie Vaughan prize.
Rob Pettitt, BVSc, PGCertLTHE, DSAS (Orth), FHEA, MRCVS, RCVS Specialist in Small Animal Surgery (Orthopaedics), graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2002 and spent three years in general practice before returning to Liverpool as a Clinician Teacher in Small Animal Orthopaedics. Rob passed the RCVS Diploma in Small Animal Orthopaedics exam in 2010 and is a current examiner for the final years of the examination. Rob is a current member of the AOVET national faculty and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool.