INTAS POLIVET
Open Access
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 2

Surgical Management of Tibial Fracture in a Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

  • Author:
  • Bhajan Chandra Das1,*, Saroj Kumar Yadav, Thomby Paul
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 185 to 186

1Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Khulshi - 4225 (Bangladesh)

Department of Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Khulshi - 4225 (Bangladesh)

*Corresponding author, E-mail: bcdas2002@gmail.com

Online Published on 16 September, 2024.

Abstract

A rabbit was presented with lameness on the right hind limb due to being trapped in the cage. A medio-lateral radiograph revealed closed complete distal diaphyseal tibial fracture of the right hind limb. A retrograde intramedullary pinning was performed to stabilize fractured bone by using 1.4 mm Kirschner wire. On 42nd post-operative day, medio-lateral radiograph confirmed the implant was in position and formed bridging callus between fractured bone ends.

Keywords

Intramedullary pin, Rabbit, Tibia fracture