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MANAGEMENT OF DISTAL FEMORAL SHAFT FRACTURES WITH STRING OF PEARLS LOCKING PLATE IN DOGS

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Title MANAGEMENT OF DISTAL FEMORAL SHAFT FRACTURES WITH STRING OF PEARLS LOCKING PLATE IN DOGS
MVSc; CVSc;TPTY;Acc No:T1645
 
Creator MANOJ KUMAR, K
 
Contributor DEVI PRASAD, V (Major)
DHANA LAKSHMI, N
RAJU, N.K.B
 
Subject DISTAL SHAFT FRACTURES; String of Pearls ; LOCKING PLATE; DOGS; femur
 
Description THESES
ABSTRACT :
Dogs with distal femoral shaft fractures presented to College Hospital were diagnosed by clinical signs, orthopaedic examination and survey radiography. The breed, age and sex wise incidence of these fractures were studied. Six selected cases of distal femoral Shaft fractures (10-22 months old with body weight ranging from 12-25 kg) were stabilized with String of Pearls (SOP) locking plate along with standard cortical and cancellous screws following standard AO/ASIF principles. Selection of appropriate size of plate and screws according to body weight and type of fracture (2.7mm plate for dogs below 12 kg body weight and 3.5 mm plate for dogs above 12 kg body weight) provided good fracture stability. No technical difficulties were observed while contouring and application of SOP locking plate on distal shaft fractures of femur.
The outcome of fracture stabilization and healing was evaluated with lameness grading, radiography and biochemical analysis. All animals, which were diagnosed with unstable distal femoral Shaft fractures showed grade V lameness before surgical management. Postoperatively, all the animals showed weight bearing with early
functional limb usage of grade I lameness and good joint mobility in an average of 7 weeks. Functional outcome was excellent in two cases and good in four cases. The results of radiographic evaluation for plate stability, fracture alignment and callus formation in immediate post operative stage, after 3, 5, 7 and 9 weeks for all six animals and also long term follow up for some cases were studied. The overall average healing time in all the cases was 7-11 weeks. The fractures showed radiographically excellent postoperative healing of cortical union, absence of fracture lines with limited and also bridging callus.
Statistical analysis revealed a highly significant difference (P
DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY SURGERY AND RADIOLOGY ,
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE ,
SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY , TIRUPATI – 517 502 ,A.P
 
Date 2016-12-15T16:23:48Z
2016-12-15T16:23:48Z
2015-07
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/90353
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY , TIRUPATI – 517 502 ,A.P