1Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Dr GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Palampur
2Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Dr GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Palampur
3MVSc Scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, Dr GC Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Palampur
CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062 (HP)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: drasingla@gmail.com
Online published on 28 May, 2020.
The study was conducted on five dogs affected with supracondylar femur fractures. In all the five cases, the fracture was stabilized with reconstruction bone plate. Postoperative radiographs showed excellent facture reduction and fixation. All the animals showed good to excellent weight bearing by day 15 of fracture repair and the affected limb showed normal functional range of motion without any joint stiffness. Reconstruction bone plates were well tolerated by all the animals and this technique provided stable bone fixation with little external callus formation at the fracture site in small dogs weighing less than 20 kg.
Bone plate, dog, Femur, Reconstruction plate, Supracondylar fracture
