Feline combined diaphyseal radial and ulnar fractures: A retrospective study of 28 cases

• Published in: Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 38 - 46
• Main Authors: Wallace, A.M, De La Puerta, B, Trayhorn, D, Moores, A.P, Langley-Hobbs, S.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 2009
• Subjects: animal pathology; Animals; bone fractures; Bone Plates - veterinary; cats; Cats - injuries; Cats - surgery; complications; diaphyseal fractures; disease course; disease incidence; epidemiological studies; external skeletal fixation; Female; fracture fixation; Fracture Fixation - methods; Fracture Fixation - veterinary; Fractures, Open - epidemiology; Fractures, Open - surgery; Fractures, Open - veterinary; functional status; Male; methodology; musculoskeletal system physiology; postoperative complications; Postoperative Complications - veterinary; prostheses; radial plating; radius (bone); Radius Fractures - epidemiology; Radius Fractures - surgery; Radius Fractures - veterinary; Reoperation - veterinary; Retrospective Studies; surgery; Treatment Outcome; ulna; Ulna Fractures - epidemiology; Ulna Fractures - surgery; Ulna Fractures - veterinary

Feline combined diaphyseal radial and ulnar fractures were reviewed in a retrospective study of cases that were admitted to two university teaching hospitals. A high incidence of complications was noted, with 6/26 (23.1%) of cases requiring revision surgery. Open fractures were significantly more li...