A substantial proportion of all cases in small-animal practice are presented following a traumatic event. Mortality rates are high. Radiology is an important aid to diagnosis and prognosis following trauma, enabling the clinician to treat the patient speedily and on the spot. This book contains high-quality radiographs, explanatory captions and succinct intoductory text to each section. This large-format atlas is designed to help reinforce or improve practitioners' clinical and technical skills.
Part 1 General introduction: importance of radiographic quality;
characteristics of a diagnostic study; radiographic evaluation. Part 2
Radiology of thoracic trauma: radiographic appearance of the normal thorax;
radiographic changes from thoracic trauma - disruption of the thoracic wall
(bellows apparatus), fluid or air in the pleural space, diaphragmatic
rupture, damage to the lung parenchyma, mediastinal injury. Part 3 Radiology
of abdominal trauma: radiographic changes from abdominal trauma - peripheral
soft-tissue trauma, fractures, peritoneal fluid, retroperitoneal fluid,
peritoneal air, peritoneal ingesta or faeces, organ enlargement, pattern
combination; use of contrast studies in the traumatized abdomen - urinary
tract trauma, gastrointestinal tract trauma. Part 4 Radiology of
musculoskeletal trauma: axial skeletal trauma - fracture location,
osteomyelitis; appendicular skeletal trauma - fracture classification,
fracture location, other traumatically-induced bone disease, orthopaedic
fixation devices; joint injury - anatomical location, other
traumatically-induced joint disease; pathological fractures; soft soft-tissue
trauma.
