National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
A 6 month old male intact French mastiff was presented for left pelvic limb lameness 2 days after the dog had been hit by a motor vehicle. Medio-lateral and cranio-caudal radiographs of the left stifle revealed a Salter-Harris type 2 fracture of the proximal tibial physis with segmental fracture of fibula. A medial surgical approach allowed reduction and stabilisation of proximal tibial physeal fracture with two 1.4 mm crossed kirschner wires, a 3·5-mm lag screw and a 6 holed 3.5mm T-plate. Modified Robert Jones bandaging was done to reduce stifle motion. Satisfactory fracture reduction was confirmed in immediate post-operative radiographs. Radiographic re-evaluation revealed periosteal reaction at fracture site at two weeks and healed tibial physis and fibular fracture with remodelling of periosteal reaction and stable implant at 3 months postoperatively. The owner reported the dog had resumed normal activities and regained full limb usage without showing any sign of lameness. Physeal fracture was reduced using a combination of pin and plate, suggesting that surgical treatment of these challenging and uncommon fractures may be more appropriately achieved by this technique.
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