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Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 39:479-498 (2003)
© 2003 American Animal Hospital Association

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Circular External Skeletal Fixation Stabilization of Antebrachial and Crural Fractures in 25 Dogs

Gregory M. Anderson, DVM, Diplomate ACVS, Daniel D. Lewis, DVM, Diplomate ACVS, Robert M. Radasch, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, Denis J. Marcellin-Little, DEDV, Diplomate ACVS, Diplomate ECVS, Matteo Tommasini Degna, Med Vet., Diplomate ECVS and Alan R. Cross, DVM, Diplomate ACVS

From the Center for Veterinary Sports Medicine and the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences (Anderson, Lewis, Tommasini Degna, Cross), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Box 100126, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0126; the Dallas Veterinary Surgical Center (Radasch), 4444 Trinity Mills, Suite 203, Dallas, Texas 75287; and the Department of Clinical Sciences (Marcellin-Little), College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606.

Fracture stabilization using circular external skeletal fixation was evaluated in 14 dogs with antebrachial fractures and 11 dogs with crural fractures. Most dogs were consistently weight bearing on the stabilized limb by 3 days following surgery. Although all dogs developed minor wire/pin tract inflammation and eight dogs developed major wire/pin tract inflammation, postoperative lameness was not consistently associated with wire/pin tract complications. Fractures in 23 dogs achieved radiographic union (mean±standard deviation [SD], 61±21 days; median, 57 days) without additional surgery; two dogs required restabilization of their fractures with linear fixators. Twenty of the 21 owners that could be contacted felt their dog had no (n=15) or only a mild (n=5) intermittent lameness at the time of final, long-term (mean±SD, 37±17 months; median, 42 months) assessment.




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