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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

The combined effects of dynamization time and degree on bone healing

Ruisen Fu, Yili Feng, Youjun Liu, Bettina M Willie, Haisheng Yang

J Orthop Res. 2021 Apr 29. doi: 10.1002/jor.25060.

Dynamization degree and timing interactively affect the healing process.

Small animal: Fracture Fixation and Implants

Use of a hybrid external skeletal fixator construct for managing tibial tuberosity avulsion fractures in three dogs

Valentine D Verpaalen, Daniel D Lewis

J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2021 May 15;258(10):1098-1108.

The described hybrid external skeletal fixator construct may be advantageous in very young medium- to large-breed dogs.

Small animal: Fracture Fixation and Implants

Subsequent meniscal tears following tibial tuberosity advancement and tibial plateau leveling osteotomy in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament deficiency: An in vivo experimental study

Jaemin Jeong, Seong Mok Jeong, Stanley E Kim, Daniel D Lewis, Haebeom Lee

Vet Surg. 2021 Apr 29. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13648.

Subsequent medial meniscal tears and cartilage injury was more prevalent following TTA when compared to TPLO.

Small animal: Osteotomy/Ostectomy - Tendon and Ligament Injuries

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

Vcot

A Modification of the Cheli Craniolateral Approach for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Shoulder in Dogs: Description of the Technique and Outcome in 164 Cases

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe a novel minimally invasive surgical approach for the treatment of shoulder osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) in dogs and to retrospectively review our clinical cases treated with this approach.

Veterinary Surgery full paper - Kindly offered by Wiley

Veterinary Surgery full paper

Radiographically confirmed outcomes after fracture repair with a PLS polyaxial locking system in 40 dogs and cats

Objective

To report radiographic findings and complications after fracture repair with a new polyaxial locking plate system (PLS polyaxial locking system; Aesculap/B Braun, Tuttlingen, Germany) in dogs and cats.

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