Preface List of Contributors CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTIONIan Wright CHAPTER 2. BONE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION Christopher Riggs and Allen Goodship CHAPTER 3. PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF FRACTURESSue Stover and Jannah Pye CHAPTER 4. FRACTURE EPIDEMIOLOGYTimothy Parkin CHAPTER 5. IMAGING FRACTURESSarah Puchalski and Gaynor Minshall CHAPTER 6. BONE HEALINGChris Kawcak CHAPTER 7. TRIAGE AND EMERGENCY CAREIan Wright and Jodie Daglish CHAPTER 8. SURGICAL EQUIPMENT, IMPLANTS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SURGICAL REPAIRJörg Auer CHAPTER 9. PRE-OPERATIVE PLANNING AND PREPARATIONChristoph Lischer, Chris Kawcak, and Kathrin Mählmann CHAPTER 10. ANAESTHESIA AND ANALGESIAEnzo Vettorato and Federico Corletto CHAPTER 11. INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONSChristoph Lischer and Kathrin Mählmann CHAPTER 12. STANDING FRACTURE REPAIRRichard Payne and Timothy Barnett CHAPTER 13. EXTERNAL COAPTATIONIan Wright CHAPTER 14. POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONSChristoph Lischer and Kathrin Mählmann CHAPTER 15. CONVALESCENCE AND REHABILITAIONMelissa King, Sherry Johnson, and Jodie Daglish CHAPTER 16. FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL PHALANXDean Richardson CHAPER 17. FRACTURES OF THE NAVICULAR BONEMatthew Smith   CHAPTER 18. FRACTURES OF THE MIDDLE PHALANXJeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass CHAPTER 19. FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL PHALANXMatthew Smith  CHAPTER 20. FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL SESAMOID BONESLawrence Bramlage and Ian Wright CHAPTER 21. FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL CONDYLES OF THE THIRD METACARPAL AND METATARSAL BONESIan Wright CHAPTER 22. DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURES OF THE THIRD METACARPAL AND METATARSAL BONESChristoph Lischer and Christoph Klaus CHAPTER 23. FRACTURES OF THE SECOND AND FOURTH METACARPAL/METATARSAL BONESDean Richardson and Kyla Ortved CHAPTER 24. FRACTURES OF THE CARPUSWayne McIlwraith CHAPTER 25. FRACTURES OF THE RADIUSAlan Ruggles CHAPTER 26. FRACTURES OF THE ULNAIan Wright CHAPTER 27. FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUSJeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass CHAPTER 28. FRACTURES OF THE SCAPULADean Richardson and Kyla Ortved CHAPTER 29. FRACTURES OF THE TARSUSIan Wright CHAPTER 30. FRACTURES OF THE TIBIADean Richardson and Kyla Ortved CHAPTER 31. FRACTURES OF THE PATELLAKyla Ortved and Ian Wright CHAPTER 32. FRACTURES OF THE FEMURJeffrey Watkins and Kati Glass CHAPTER 33. FRACTURES OF THE PELVISRob Pilsworth and Pieter Ramzan CHAPTER 34. FRACTURES OF THE VERTEBRAE AND SACRUMFabrice Rossignol CHAPTER 35. FRACTURES OF THE RIBSDavid Levine   CHAPTER 36. FRACTURES OF THE HEADAnton Fürst CHAPTER 37. FRACTURES IN FOALSAlan Ruggles Index

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