Teaching Veterinary Clinical Service Complex, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural and Science and Technology- Kashmir, Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar - 190006 (Jammu and Kashmir)
A 5 month old dog was hit in an automobile accident two weeks before being presented. Clinical examination showed massive multiple bruises on the right hind limb, which was swollen. The dog felt severe pain when the affected area was palpated, a grinding sensation was also heard and positioning of the limb was abnormal. The dog limped by right limb and could not bear weight properly. Fracture reduction was done by leveling the condyles cranially and distalling and pin was inserted into the femur existing at the trochanteric fossa. The incision was closed routinely. On 5th day post-operative, the animal was urinating and defecated normally and started walking for few minutes. The pin was removed on 50th post-operative day with uneventful recovery.
Dog, femur, fracture, intramedullary pinning
