Use of the Ilizarov method to manage a septic tibial fracture nonunion with a large cortical defect

• Published in: Journal of small animal practice Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 124 - 127
• Main Author: Owen, M.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2000
• Subjects: Animals; autografts; bone fractures; case studies; complications; Dog Diseases; Dog Diseases - therapy; Dogs; Equipment Design; etiology; External Fixators; fracture fixation; Fracture Fixation - veterinary; Male; mechanical properties; microbiology; Osteomyelitis; Osteomyelitis - pathology; Osteomyelitis - veterinary; pathology; Sepsis; Sepsis - etiology; Sepsis - veterinary; therapy; tibia; Tibial Fractures; Tibial Fractures - microbiology; Tibial Fractures - therapy; Treatment Outcome; veterinary

The use of a ‘hybridised’ llizarov ring fixator is described in the salvage of a septic nonunion of a comminuted tibial fracture with a large diaphyseal cortical sequestrum in an 11‐month‐old German shepherd dog. A ring fixator assembly incorporating half pin application was chosen to provide flexib...