Fracture Fixation and Implants

Risk of infection after double locking plate and screw fixation of TPLO in dogs weighing greater than 50 kilograms
Authors: Tuan J, Solano MA, Danielski A.

OBJECTIVE: To compare surgical site infection (SSI) rates after double locking plate and screw fixation (DLP), standard locking plate and screw fixation (LP), and conventional nonlocking plate and scre

Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
Safety and Accuracy of Minimally Invasive Long Bone Fracture Repair Using a 2.5-mm Interlocking Nail: A Cadaveric Feline Study
Authors: Nabholz K, Pozzi A, Schmierer PA, Smolders LA, Knell SC1

OBJECTIVES: The Targon Vet System (TVS) is a 2.5-mm interlocking nail that can be applied minimally invasively. The purpose of this study was to test if the TVS could be safely applied percutaneously to different feline long bones without fluoroscopic guidance.

Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
A Biomechanical Comparison of Three Miniature Locking Plate Systems in a Rabbit Radial and Ulnar Fracture Model
Authors: Takizawa H, Honnami M, Sakai T, Sasaki A, Sakamoto A, Mochizuki M

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical properties of three different miniature locking plate systems used to fixate radial and ulnar fractures in toy breed dogs.

Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
Perceptions of minimally invasive osteosynthesis: A 2018 survey of orthopedic surgeons
Authors: Robinson WP, Knowles TG, Barthelemy NP, Parsons KJ

OBJECTIVE: To report perspectives of minimally invasive osteosynthesis (MIO) techniques in veterinary surgical practice in 2018.

STUDY DESIGN: Electronic questionnaires.

SAMPLE POPULATION: Diplomates and residents of the American College of Veterinary Surgery and European College of Veterinary Surgery and members of the Veterinary Orthopedic Society.

Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcome of Postoperative Tibial Tuberosity Fractures in Dogs Undergoing Triple Tibial Osteotomy Surgery
Authors: de la Puerta B, Rossanese M, Emmerson T.

OBJECTIVE:  The aim of this study was to report the prevalence and to identify the risk factors associated with postoperative tibial tuberosity fracture following a triple tibial osteotomy. This article also evaluates the outcome of these patients treated conservatively.

Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants
Outcome of Supraglenoid Tubercle Fractures in 12 Dogs
Authors: Kulendra ER, Beer AJC, Hockley GCA, Goh D, Lafuente P, Perry KL

OBJECTIVE:  The aim of this study was to report the outcome and complications of surgical stabilization following fracture of the supraglenoid tubercle in dogs.

Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants - Shoulder
Repair of Y-T Humeral Condyle Fractures with Locking Compression Plate Fixation
Authors: Moffatt F, Kulendra E, Meeson RL.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe the use of locking compression plates (LCP) in Y-T humeral condyle fractures and to evaluate their clinical outcome.

METHODS: This study involved a retrospective review, including clinical, radiographical and canine brief pain inventory outcome evaluation.

Category: Elbow - Fracture Fixation and Implants
Clinical outcomes and complications of pancarpal arthrodesis stabilised with 3.5 mm/2.7 mm locking compression plates with internal additional fixation in 12 dogs
Authors: Tuan J, Comas N, Solano M

AIMS: To report the clinical outcomes and complications after the use of 3.5 mm/2.7 mm locking compression plates (LCP) with additional internal fixation for pancarpal arthrodesis (PCA) in dogs.

Category: Carpus - Fracture Fixation and Implants
Impact of postoperative antibiotics on rates of infection and implant removal after tibial tuberosity advancement in 1,768 canine stifles
Authors: Ferrell CL, Barnhart MD, Herman E

OBJECTIVE: To report infection rate, implant removal rate, and postoperative antibiotic therapy after tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA) in dogs.

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study.

ANIMALS: One thousand seven hundred sixty-eight stifles in 1,732 dogs.

Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants - Stifle
Clinical outcomes of 119 miniature - and toy - breed dogs with 140 distal radial and ulnar fractures repaired with free-form multiplanar type II external skeletal fixation
Authors: Aikawa T, Miyazaki Y, Saitoh Y, Sadahiro S, Nishimura M

OBJECTIVE: To report the clinical outcomes of miniature- and toy-breed dogs with primary and previously treated distal radial and ulnar fractures (RUF) treated with a free-form multiplanar type II

Category: Fracture Fixation and Implants - Radius/Ulna