Treatment of a periarticular tibial fracture in a foal with a hybrid external fixator.
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.
De Godoy
Roberta Ferro
RF
Large Animal Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Brasília, DF, Brazil. robertagodoy@unb.br
Filgueiras
Richard R
RR
Gontijo
Lílian A
LA
Ximenes
Fábio Henrique Bezerra
FH
De Gouvêa
Liana Villela
LV
Da Silva Pereira
Cristiane
C
Almeida
Ricardo M
RM
Leite
Ceci Ribeiro
CR
Neto
Antônio Raphael T
AR
Borges
José Renato Junqueira
JR
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