1PG Student, Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology
2Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology
3Ph. D. Scholar, Division of Surgery, ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, (UP)
4Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology
5Professor, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Sciences, Jabalpur
6Principal Scientist, Division of Surgery, ICAR-IVRI, Izatnagar, (UP)
Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary University, Jabalpur (MP)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: dr.naveenvermavet07@gmail.com
Online published on 28 May, 2020.
The present study was conducted on 12 dogs of either sex, aged between 1 and 8 years and belonging to different breeds that were subjected to repair of diaphyseal fractures of long bones. The dogs were randomly divided into three equal groups. The fractures were fixed with intramedullary titanium elastic pins in all the groups in a standard manner. In group I, the fracture was repaired by titanium pin alone, whereas, the bone gaps at fractures site were additionally filled by decellularised xenogeneic cancellous bone chip graft(DXBG)in group II and with granules of beta tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) in group III. The pre and postoperative fracture site was assessed by radiographic examination at different observation intervals. It was concluded that the decellularised xenogeneic cancellous bone graft has better fracture healing properties than βtricalcium phosphate in dogs.
β-TCP, Decellularised bone chip graft, Fracture, Titanium pin
