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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 comparison of screw and suture fixation for temporary transarticular tarsocrural immobilization in canine cadavers

Laura M Goffart, Ullrich Reif, Bianca F Hettlich, Martin Kramer

Vet Surg. 2021 Sep 30. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13734.

The cortical screw provides increased tibiotarsal stability.

Small animal: Fracture Fixation and Implants - Tarsus

Humero-anconeal elbow incongruity in spaniel breed dogs with humeral intracondylar fissure: Arthroscopic findings

Alan Danielski, Russell Yeadon

Vet Surg. 2021 Sep 28. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13728.

Humero-anconeal incongruity and an associated cartilage lesion appear to be present in dogs with HIF.

Small animal: Elbow - Imaging

Postoperative Complications of Double Pelvic Osteotomy Using Specific Plates in 305 Dogs

Francesca Tavola, Dario Drudi, Luca Vezzoni, Aldo Vezzoni

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2021 Sep 29. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1735288.

Double pelvic osteotomy using DPO plates appears to be a safe surgical option for the treatment of hip dysplasia in growing dogs.

Small animal: Osteotomy/Ostectomy

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