INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue: 1

Surgical Management and Repair of Olecranon Fracture in a Dog

  • Author:
  • M.B. Gugjoo, K. Singh, A.C. Saxena, A. Gopinathan, S. Kumar
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 139 to 140

Division of Surgery, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly - 243122 (Uttar Pradesh)

*Corresponding Author E-mail: mbgugjoo@gmail.com

Online published on 20 September, 2013.

Abstract

A three year old Labrador retriever cross was presented with history of accidental trauma leading to limping in right fore limb and swelling at elbow region. Physical examination revealed swelling with crepitation in elbow region and medio-lateral radiography revealed transverse olecranon fracture (Morey type I non-communited). Fracture fixation was done by tension band wiring and clinical healing of fracture occurred after a month post-operatively.

Keywords

Dog, olecranon fracture, tension band wiring