1PG scholar, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Hyderabad, P.V. Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Rajendranagar-500 030 (Telangana)
2Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Hyderabad, P.V. Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Rajendranagar-500 030 (Telangana)
3Associate Dean, College of Veterinary Sciences, Hyderabad, P.V. Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Rajendranagar-500 030 (Telangana)
4Professor and University Head, Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Hyderabad, P.V. Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Rajendranagar-500 030 (Telangana)
5Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, College of Veterinary Sciences, Hyderabad, P.V. Narasimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Rajendranagar-500 030 (Telangana)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: mailto:drvetjagan@gmail.com
Online Published on 14 September, 2022.
The study was conducted on nine dogs, aged 5–84 months, and weighting 9–28 kg, to evaluate the efficacy of plate-rod construct for the repair of simple or comminuted diaphyseal femoral fractures using titanium locking plates. Open but do not touch approach was used, and an intramedullary rod filling about 40% medullary cavity was driven in retrograde manner to achieve anatomical alignment of fracture segments. Titanium LCP was applied by following compression and bridging plate osteosynthesis principles in different fracture configurations. The mean lameness scores in the animals were found to be 3.22±0.44, 1.44±0.88, 1.22±0.44, 1±0 and 1±0, respectively by the end of 1st, 15th, 30th, 60th and 90th day of surgery. Postoperatively, all the nine dogs showed complete weight bearing by 9.3±8.7 days. On 90 thpostoperative day, complete radiographic healing was achieved with corticomedullary continuity in all the dogs.
Dog, Intramedullary rod, Pate-rod construct, Titanium LCP
