Stainless steel wire in a figure-of-eight for repair of distal femoral physeal fractures in ten cats: a case report

Ten cats were treated for distal femoral Salter-Harris fractures types I and II using a stainless steel wire in a figure-of-eight configuration. Healing was uneventful in 8 of the cats. Early fixation failure occurred in one cat, which required revisional surgery. In one cat, lameness recurred after...

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Published inJournal of veterinary science (Suwŏn-si, Korea) Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. e71 - 6
Main Authors Spångberg, Camilla, Spångberg, Inga Britt, Bergström, Annika
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) The Korean Society of Veterinary Science 01.11.2019
대한수의학회
Subjects
Animals
Bone Wires
Case Report
Cats
Clinical Science
Female
Femur - surgery
Fractures, Bone - surgery
Fractures, Bone - veterinary
Klinisk vetenskap
Male
Stainless Steel
수의학
cats
Salter-Harris fractures
bone wires
femur
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Summary:Ten cats were treated for distal femoral Salter-Harris fractures types I and II using a stainless steel wire in a figure-of-eight configuration. Healing was uneventful in 8 of the cats. Early fixation failure occurred in one cat, which required revisional surgery. In one cat, lameness recurred after fracture healing, which was related to breakage of the wire. The lameness was resolved after removing the wire. At the long-term follow-up, 1 out of 6 cats was lame. This report indicates that the figure-of-eight stainless steel wire technique is an alternative method for the repair of distal femoral Salter-Harris fractures types I and II in cats.
Bibliography:https://doi.org/10.4142/jvs.2019.20.e71
ISSN:1229-845X
1976-555X
1976-555X
DOI:10.4142/jvs.2019.20.e71