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Current use of small external fixators in the treatment of fractures

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Current use of small external fixators in the treatment of fractures

Piras Lisa Adele DVM PhD
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie
Università di Torino

Esvot, Cremona, September 2019.

New Abstracts of the week

Biomechanical evaluation of two dorsal and two ventral stabilization techniques for atlantoaxial joint instability in toy-breed dogs

Alexia Progin, Benjamin Voumard, Brian Friker, Franck Forterre

Am J Vet Res. 2021 Oct;82(10):802-810. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.82.10.802.

These stabilization techniques increased rigidity.

Small animal: Fracture Fixation and Implants - Stifle

Double-cut center of rotation of angulation-based leveling osteotomy for treatment of CCLD and excessive tibial plateau angle secondary to growth anomaly in two dogs

Caroline Dumartinet, Antoine Bernardé, Fabrice Bernard

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2021 Oct 15;259(8):885-891. doi: 10.2460/javma.259.8.885.

Double-cut center of rotation of angulation-based leveling osteotomy can be considered as a viable treatment option.

Small animal: Osteotomy/Ostectomy

Repair of Fractures of the Lateral Aspect of the Humeral Condyle in Skeletally Mature Dogs with Locking and Non-Locking Plates

Matthew K Eayrs, Vincent Guerin, James Grierson, Andrew P Moores

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2021 Sep 27. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1735552.

Repair has a good perioperative, mid- and long-term outcome.

Small animal: Fracture Fixation and Implants

Kindly Full paper offered by V.C.O.T.

Vcot

Use of a Transarticular Calcaneo-Tibial Locking Plate for Temporary Immobilization of the Tarsocrural Joint following Surgical Repair of Common Calcaneal Tendon Rupture in Eight Dogs

Objective The purpose of this clinical communication is to report the management of common calcaneal tendon rupture in dogs using a transarticular calcaneo-tibial locking plate as a method of temporary immobilization of the tarsocrural joint to support primary repair of the common calcaneal tendon.

Veterinary Surgery full paper - Kindly offered by Wiley

Veterinary Surgery full paper

Accuracy of medial-to-lateral transcondylar screw placement using an aiming device and preoperative computer tomography planning for the treatment of humeral intracondylar fissure

Objective

To determine the accuracy of transcondylar screws placed from medial-to-lateral using preoperative planning on computed tomography (CT) and an aiming device in elbows with humeral intracondylar fissures (HIFs).

Vcot Open

All articles in VCOT Open are made freely available for all to read and download.

VCOT Open - Issue 01 -Volume 03 - January 2020

VCOT Open - Issue 01 -Volume 03 - January 2020