Locking compression plate fixation of radial and tibial fractures in a young dog.
A six-month-old, male Bernese Mountain Dog in which radius-ulna and tibia-fibula concomitant fractures were treated each with a 3.5 mm Locking Compression Plate (LCP) is presented. Both fractures were approached and plated medially. The tibial fracture had to be revised with a 4.5 mm intramedullary nail and a new 3.5 mm LCP at the second post-operative day because of fixation breakdown. The follow-up radiographs taken at days 14 and 53 revealed uneventful healing of both fractures. Implants were removed 53 days after surgery.
Schwandt
C S
CS
Clinic for Small Animal Surgery of the Vetsuisse Faculty University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. cschwandt@vetclinics.unizh.ch
Montavon
P M
PM
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000818:Animals; D001858:Bone Nails / Q000662:veterinary; D001860:Bone Plates / Q000662:veterinary; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004285:Dogs / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*