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Subject: Veterinary Surgery and Radiology × Author: KARTIK BIDARI × End date: 2021 × Start date: 2020 ×
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    EVALUATION OF LOCKING STRING OF PEARLS PLATE FOR LONG BONE FRACTURE REPAIR IN DOGS
    (KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR-585 226, 2021-04) KARTIK BIDARI; DODDAMANI JAHANGIRBASHA, DILIP KUMAR, D
    The study was conducted on 18 clinical cases of long bone diaphyseal fractures in dogs presented to Department of Surgery and Radiology, Veterinary College, Bidar. The dogs were divided into three groups with six dogs in each group. Group I had six dogs diagnosed with radius fracture, Group II had six dogs diagnosed with femur fracture and group III had six dogs diagnosed with tibial fracture. The dogs aged between 7 months to 24 months and weighed between 10 to 32 kg. Out of these 18 dogs, 14 were males and four were females. Major etiology of fracture was automobile accidents followed accidental hit injury and fall from height. Pre-operative clinical and radiographic examinations were helpful for planning of surgery. The fractured limb in dogs was temporarily immobilized with Robert Jones bandaging. All the 18 cases of long bone diaphyseal fractures were treated with 3.5 mm locking string of pearls plates with compatible sizes of self tapping locking screws. Length of plates varied from 6 holes to 10 holes and screw length varied from 14 mm to 32 mm. Immediate post-operative radiograph and follow-up radiographs on post-operative days revealed good implant stability and fracture fixation without any complication in all dogs. By post-operative day 60, 16 out of 18 dogs showed complete weight bearing during standing as well as when walking. Other two cases showed complete bearing during standing with clinical signs of slight lameness while walking. On post-operative day 60, 16 out of 18 dogs exhibited excellent functional outcome and 2 dogs exhibited good functional outcome. All the cases healed by primary union with minimal callus formation. The physiological parameters viz., respiratory rate, heart rate and rectal temperature fluctuated within the normal physiological limits. The biochemical parameters viz. serum calcium, serum phosphorous and serum alkaline phosphatase showed a significant rise up to post-operative day 30 followed by a gradual decrease by 60th post-operative day and the values fluctuated within normal physiological range. All the dogs exhibited good functional outcome with minimum complications with regarding to wound healing occurring due to an auto mutilation and wound dehiscence. No complications observed regard to implant failure, osteomyelitis or non-union. Based on present study, it was concluded that, locking string of pearls (SOP) plates were good for stabilization of long bone fractures for early limb ambulance and healing in dogs.