title: Treatment of a periarticular tibial fracture in a foal with a hybrid external fixator.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report repair of a right proximal tibial Salter-Harris type II fracture in a foal with a hybrid external fixator (HEF).
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 5-month-old male foal.
  
  
  METHODS
  After open surgical reduction, an HEF built with wires, 2 half-rings, 3 half-threaded connecting rods, and Schanz pins was used to stabilize the fracture.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Immediately after surgery, the foal had relatively good weight bearing. The HEF was removed at 60 days after radiographic confirmation of healing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HEF can be used to stabilize a proximal tibial Salter-Harris type II fracture in a 5-month-old foal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HEF should be considered as another option for repair of proximal tibial Salter-Harris type II fractures in foals.
authors: Large Animal Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Brasília, DF, Brazil. robertagodoy@unb.br
authors: Roberta Ferro
authors: RF
authors: De Godoy
authors: Richard R
authors: RR
authors: Filgueiras
authors: Lílian A
authors: LA
authors: Gontijo
authors: Fábio Henrique Bezerra
authors: FH
authors: Ximenes
authors: Liana Villela
authors: LV
authors: De Gouvêa
authors: Cristiane
authors: C
authors: Da Silva Pereira
authors: Ricardo M
authors: RM
authors: Almeida
authors: Ceci Ribeiro
authors: CR
authors: Leite
authors: Antônio Raphael T
authors: AR
authors: Neto
authors: José Renato Junqueira
authors: JR
authors: Borges
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016267:External Fixators / Q000662:veterinary*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male