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Toms G. Guerrero, D. Koch, P. M. Montavon

Fixation of a proximal femoral physeal fracture in a dog using a ventral approach and two Kirschner wires

Keywords: Femoral physeal fracture, ventral approach

A Salter-Harris type I proximal femoral physeal fracture was diagnosed in a six-month-old Norfolk Terrier. The fracture was reduced using a ventromedial approach to the hip joint and fixation with two small Kirschner wires applied from the joint surface and countersunk below the cartilage. The ventromedial approach minimizes soft-tissue and vascular damage and affords direct visualization of the fracture, facilitating reduction and fixation. The two-year postoperative outcome was considered satisfactory in this case.

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Schattauer

Print ISSN: 0932-0814
Volume: 18, 05/2005
Pages: 110 - 113

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