Lag screw fixation of an extensor process fracture in a foal with flexural deformity.
A 4-month-old colt with stage I flexural deformity of the distal interphalangeal joint was diagnosed as having a type IV nondisplaced fracture of the extensor process of the 3rd phalanx. An inferior check ligament desmotomy and internal fixation of the fracture were performed. Favorable long-term results for internal fixation of extensor process fractures are presented.
MacLellan
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Department of Veterinary Anaesthesiology, Radiology and Surgery, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
MacDonald
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Crawford
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D000818:Animals; D001863:Bone Screws / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D005552:Forelimb / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D006736:Horses / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008022:Ligaments / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery