HARI KRISHNA, N.V.V.(MAJOR)SREENU, MAKKENAVENKATA NAIDU, GSAI BHAVANI, D2019-07-102019-07-102019-01http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810113682THESESThe 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.ennullThesis