Surgical correction of premature closure of the ulnar growth plate in the dog.
Successful correction of anterior bowing of the foreleg and severe lateral carpal valgus following on premature closure of the ulnar growth plate in a month old Great Dane bitch is described. The procedure involved stapling the radius across the distal growth plate and section of the ulna.
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005552:Forelimb / Q000601:surgery; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D014457:Ulna / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging