Abstract
Fractures are common in small animal practice and there are many options for managing them. Plates and screws remain a popular means to manage many fractures; however, some fractures are...
Highlights
Fractures are common in small animal practice and there are many options for managing them
These are challenging usually due to caudal curve of the femoral condyle
The femoral condylar veterinary plate ‘Hockey-Stick’ ‘J plate’ is good here (Fig 13), to ensure at least 3 bicortical screws, care needs to be taken to avoid the proximal section of the plate diverging away from the femoral diaphysis when concentrating on plating over the condyle distally
Summary
Fractures are common in small animal practice and there are many options for managing them. The most popular method for managing many fractures, especially diaphyseal ones, is by using plates and screws as they provide rigid fixation, usually with reliable healing. Some fractures are comminuted, or sufficiently close to a joint (juxtaarticular), that they limit the amount of bone available to achieve a standard stable plate and screw fixation (Fig 1). Two screws (monocortical or bicortical), in each main fragment is the minimum for stability. Such a construction will fail if one screw breaks or if the interface between bone cortex and screw is threatened due to bone resorption. Short fracture fragments can make this requirement difficult to achieve, but not necessarily impossible
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