Part I : Introduction. Bone structure and the response of bone to stress / Mark D. Markel -- Fracture biomechanics / Mark D. Markel -- Fracture healing / Mark D. Markel -- General considerations for fracture repair / Alan J. Nixon -- Racetrack fracture management and emergency care / Ian M. Wright -- First aid and transportation of equine fracture patients / Larry R. Bramlage -- Perioperative considerations / Alan J. Nixon -- Surgical equipment and implants for fracture repair / Joerg A. Auer -- Principles of fracture fixation / Alan J. Nixon Joerg A. Auer Jeffrey P. Watkins -- Application of the locking compression plate / Dean W. Richardson -- Bone grafts and bone substitutes / Mark D. Markel -- Biologic agents to enhance fracture healing / Mark D. Markel Howard Seeherman -- Casting and transfixation casting techniques / Ashlee E. Watts Lisa A. Fortier -- Part II : Specific fractures. Fractures of the distal phalanx / Alan J. Nixon Norm G. Ducharme Alicia L. Bertone -- Fractures of the navicular bone / Michael C. Schramme Roger K.W. Smith -- Arthrodesis of the distal interphalangeal joint / Chad J. Zubrod Robert K. Schneider -- Fractures of the middle phalanx / Jeffrey P. Watkins -- Arthrodesis of the proximal interphalangeal joint / Jeffrey P. Watkins -- Fractures of the proximal phalanx / Dean W. Richardson -- Fractures and luxations of the fetlock / C. Wayne McIlwraith -- Fractures of the proximal sesamoid bones / Ian M. Wright -- Fractures of the condyles of the third metacarpal and metatarsal bones / Ian M. Wright Alan J. Nixon -- Arthrodesis of the metacarpo/metatarsophalangeal joint / Larry R. Bramlage -- Fractures of the third metacarpal/metatarsal diaphysis and metaphysis / Robert K. Schneider Sarah N. Sampson -- Third metacarpal dorsal stress fractures / Alan J. Nixon Sue Stover David Nunamaker -- Fractures of the small metacarpal and metatarsal / Bones / Alan J. Nixon Lisa A. Fortier -- Fractures of the carpus / C. Wayne McIlwraith -- Arthrodesis of the carpus / Larry R. Bramlage Alan J. Ruggles -- Fractures of the radius / Joerg A. Auer -- Fractures of the ulna / Alan J. Nixon -- Fractures of the humerus / Alan J. Nixon Jeffrey P. Watkins -- Luxation of the shoulder / Ashlee E. Watts Alan J. Nixon -- Fractures of the scapula / Stephen B. Adams Alan J. Nixon -- Fractures and luxations of the hock / Alan J. Nixon -- Fractures of the tibia / Jeffrey P. Watkins Sarah N. Sampson -- Fractures of the stifle / Alan J. Nixon -- Fractures of the femur / Alan J. Nixon Larry R. Bramlage Steven R. Hance -- Luxation and subluxation of the coxofemoral joint / Alan J. Nixon Norm G. Ducharme -- Fractures of the pelvis / Norm G. Ducharme Alan J. Nixon -- Fractures of the vertebrae / Alan J. Nixon -- Fractures of the head / Anton E. Fuerst Joerg A. Auer -- Medical aspects of traumatic brain injury in horses / Stephen M. Reed -- Part III : Postoperative aspects of fracture repair. Systems for recovery from anesthesia / John B. Madison -- Postanesthetic myopathy / Manuel Martin-Flores Robin D. Gleed -- Implant removal / Alan J. Ruggles -- Orthopedic implant failure / David M. Nunamaker -- Delayed union, nonunion, and malunion / Norm G. Ducharme Alan J. Nixon -- Osteomyelitis / Laurie R. Goodrich -- Stress-induced laminitis / Scott Morrison -- New implant systems / Joerg A. Auer.