PLATE OSTEOSYNTHESIS OF LONG BONE FRACTURES USING VETERINARY CUTTABLE PLATES IN YOUNG DOGS
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2019-01
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SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TIRUPATI - 517502. (A.P.) INDIA
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The present study was conducted on clinical cases with radius and tibia fractures
in young dogs presented to the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, NTR
College of Veterinary Science, Gannavaram. In the present study, among long bones
highest incidence was observed in femur (40.24%) followed by radius and ulna (26.83%),
tibia and fibula (25.61%) and humerus (7.32%). Medio-lateral and cranio-caudal
radiographs of the fractured bone were taken for confirmatory diagnosis and implant
selection. Craniolateral and medial approach were used to expose the fracture fragments
of radius and tibia respectively for fracture reduction under ketamine-midazolam
induction and isoflurane anaesthesia. The implants were selected according to body
weight and bone size. Post-operatively, the dogs were evaluated by clinical,
radiographical, lameness grading and serum biochemistry on immediate, 15th, 30th and
60th post-operative days. Primary healing was observed in three cases and secondary
healing was observed in three cases. Fracture healing was observed by 30th post-operative
day in most of the cases. The dogs regained full limb functionality by 15-30 days postsurgery. All the animals regained normal return to weight bearing early (within one
month) with excellent to good limb usage. Elevation in serum calcium and alkaline
phosphatase levels was observed upto 15th post-operative day reaching a peak with
gradual decline thereafter, whereas no significant variations in serum phosphorous levels
were observed. Plate removal was done in all cases on 5-8 weeks post-surgery. No major
postoperative complications were observed. To conclude, the VCP used was inexpensive
and the EPO technique using VCP was useful for long bone fractures of young dogs
making it suitable for use in Veterinary practice and the technique resulted in early
weight bearing and good functional limb out come without any complications.
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