INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 2

Tenorrhaphy and Modified Immobilization technique for the Management of Transected tendons in a Bullock

  • Author:
  • Sadananda Nayak, Sidhartha Sankar Behera, Prasanta Kumar Sika
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 236 to 238

Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar - 751003 (Odisha)

*Corresponding Author E-mail: prof_snayak@yahoo.in

Online published on 19 March, 2013.

Abstract

A bullock was presented with transected tendons on posterior aspect above carpal joint. The individual tendons were identified and tenorrhaphy was performed aseptically. Immobilization of the limb was carried out with angulated frame and modified Thomas splint for one month. The animal recovered with normal limb movement without any complications.

Keywords

Angulated frame, bullock, flexor tendon, tenorrhaphy