title: Surgical correction of premature closure of the ulnar growth plate in the dog.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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