Objective: To identify whether a theoretical predictable safe corridor is available in cats for placement of trans-iliac pins without the use of fluoroscopy.
Fracture Fixation and Implants
Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
Objective: To review the outcome of dogs that underwent Zürich cementless total hip arthroplasty (Z-THA) for the repair of acute and chronic capital physeal fractures (CPF) and document the CPF-related hip remodeling.
Study design: Retrospective study.
Sample population: Fifty-three Z-THA in 53 dogs.
Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants - Hip
Background: In orthopedic application, stress-shielding effects of implant materials cause bone loss, which often induces porosis, delayed bone healing, and other complications. We aimed to compare the stress-shielding effects of locked compression plate (LCP) and limited-contact dynamic compression plate (LC-DCP) in dogs with plate-fixed femurs.
Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
Although autogenous bone grafts are an optimal filling material for the induced membrane technique, limited availability and complications at the harvest site have created a need for alternative graft materials.
Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
Surgical site infection in the presence oforthopaedic implantsposes a significant healthcare and socio-economic burden. In order to assess the potential of various prevention strategies against Staphylococcus-induced stainless steel-associated infections, a review of animal evidencewas designed.
Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
Objective: To describe medium-term functional outcome after nail osteosynthesis in feline traumatology and report clinically relevant recommendations for I-Loc angle-stable interlocking nail use in cats.
Study design: Prospective clinical study.
Sample population: Client-owned cats (n = 29).
Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
The interface between a surgical implant and tissue consists of a complex and dynamic environment characterized by mechanical and biological interactions between the implant and surrounding tissue.
Category: Cartilage - Fracture Fixation and Implants
Antibiotic-loaded chitosan pastes have shown advantages in the treatment and coverage of complex musculoskeletal defects. We added mannitol, previously shown to increase antibiotic susceptibility of biofilm, to an injectable chitosan/polyethylene glycol paste for delivery of antibiotics.
Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
Objective: To report the outcomes and complications associated with antibiotic-impregnated calcium sulfate beads for prevention and treatment of orthopedic-related surgical site infection (SSI) in companion animals.
Study design: Retrospective case series.
Animals: Client-owned cats (n = 2) and dogs (n = 14).
Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
Aseptic loosening of total knee arthroplasty continues to be a challenging clinical problem. The progression of the loosening process, from the initial well-fixed component, is not fully understood.
Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants - Knee