Abstract
Bilateral radial carpal bone luxation and its treatment in a dog
Highlights
The fracture, fissure, or luxation of individual canine carpal bones is relatively rare [1,2,3,4]
Luxation of the radial carpal bone generally occurs with the overextension of the carpus during extreme limb loading, as a result of a road accident, or when jumping/ falling from a height [2]
The radial carpal bone rotates 90° around its dorsopalmar and mediolateral axes, which results in the bone orientating so that the medial aspect is farthest proximal, with the convex proximal articular surface facing dorsally accompanied by a rupture of the short radial collateral ligament and dorsal joint capsule
Summary
The fracture, fissure, or luxation of individual canine carpal bones is relatively rare [1,2,3,4]. There is a very limited number of radial carpal bone luxation cases in dogs and cats in the literature [3,5,6,7]. Luxation of the radial carpal bone generally occurs with the overextension of the carpus during extreme limb loading, as a result of a road accident, or when jumping/ falling from a height [2].
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