By Karl H. Kraus, Steven M. Fox, Federick S. Pike, Emily C. Salzer
This ebook offers scholars, practitioners, citizens, and surgeons with an simply obtainable and visible advisor to winning equipment of repairing extra universal fractures of canine and cats. the concept that permits clinicians to simply examine a fracture of a sufferer offered to them to the ebook and spot what winning maintenance have been played. there's additionally discussion at the remedies and distinct concerns. Importantly, follow-up radiographs supply perception into what kind and fee of therapeutic is to be expected.
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This is the position of the proximal and distal epiphyses of the bone in relation to the central axis of the bone. Failure to re-establish the correct axial alignment will result in improper loading of the limb, lameness, and dysfunction. In the forelimb there are the shoulder, elbow, and carpal joints. In the caudal limb there are the hip, stifle, and hock. As these limbs consist of hinge joints which generally move in a cranial-tocaudal plane they enable alignment in this plane. Malalignment during fracture reduction, if modest, can be tolerated.
Screws were applied in buttress fashion in the order 2–6–1–3–5–7. 5C–D) Criteria Assessment Details Alignment Good The fracture was anatomically aligned. Apposition Insufficient A fracture gap can be seen at the articular surface. A fragment of (comminuted) bone has been removed from the caudal-distal aspect of the fracture line. Apparatus Sufficient A locking plate was selected that holds the bone fragments in position and provides buttress support to the fracture. The olecranon is under tension from the pull of the triceps.
3 (Continued) (E) Follow-up at 9 Weeks: lateral view; (F) Follow-up at 9 Weeks: cranial/caudal view. 39 40 Small Animal Fracture Repair A Case-Based Approach Closed, Salter IV Fracture of Lateral Humeral Condyle Signalment and History A 2-month-old, intact, female English Bulldog weighing 10 kg sustained an elbow fracture when jumping from its owner’s arms the previous day. Patient Assessment This is a very young patient with soft, immature bones and considerable remaining growth potential. 4A–B).