Stabilisation of a mandibular fracture in a cow by means of a pinless external fixator.
A four months pregnant, four-year-old Brown Swiss cow with mandibular fractures of the right horizontal ramus and the symphysis was treated surgically with a new pinless external fixator. Healing was complicated by the sequestration of bone at the fracture site. After the sequestrum had been removed a radiographic examination revealed that the fracture had healed completely.
Lischer
C J
CJ
Veterinary Surgery Clinic, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
Fluri
E
E
Auer
J A
JA
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000662:veterinary; D016267:External Fixators / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D017102:Fracture Healing; D018889:Ilizarov Technique / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy