Angular limb deformity in a calf treated by periosteotomy and wedge osteotomy.
A carpus valgus deformity was diagnosed in a five-week-old Brown Swiss calf. The 45 degrees deformity was caused by the malaligned healing of a fracture of the left metacarpus after birth trauma. The deviation improved to 25 degrees after being treated with a semicircular lateral periosteotomy above the distal physis of the radius. A complete correction was made by means of a wedge osteotomy five months after the first treatment. A 20 degrees wedge of bone was removed. The metacarpus was stabilised with a seven-hole dynamic compression plate which was removed 12 weeks later. Thirty months later the calf was sold as a pregnant heifer at an auction of breeding cattle.
Klinik für Orthopädie bei Huf- und Klauentieren, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien, Austria.
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D000818:Animals; D002350:Carpus, Animal / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D002417:Cattle / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005552:Forelimb / Q000293:injuries; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000662:veterinary; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000662:veterinary*; D010521:Periosteum / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy