Treatment of antebrachial and crural septic nonunion fractures in dogs using circular external skeletal fixation: a retrospective study

• Published in: Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology Vol. 27; no. 4; p. 297
• Main Authors: Cappellari, F, Piras, L, Panichi, E, Ferretti, A, Peirone, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Animals; Dog Diseases - surgery; Dogs; External Fixators - veterinary; Female; Fracture Fixation - instrumentation; Fracture Fixation - methods; Fracture Fixation - veterinary; Fractures, Ununited - veterinary; Male; Retrospective Studies; Sepsis - veterinary; Radius; circular external skeletal fixation; dog; tibia; nonunion fracture

To evaluate the outcome of treatment of antebrachial and crural septic non-union fractures in dogs using circular external skeletal fixation (CESF), and to document the type and frequency of complications associated with this technique. The medical records of all dogs with infected antebrachial and...