Dimitrios Alexopoulos*
Veterinary Surgeon, Harper Adams University, UK
*Corresponding Author: Dimitrios Alexopoulos, Veterinary Surgeon, Harper Adams University, UK.
Received: January 22, 2020; Published: February 27, 2020
A seven-month-old neutered female Toy Poodle was presented with lameness on the right front leg after a minor injury. Radiographs revealed a complete simple distal diaphyseal transverse fracture of the right radius and ulna. Internal fixation of the fracture was performed by placing a 1.5 mm veterinary cuttable plate (VCP) 1.0 mm thick. Two weeks later the patient re-fractured the radius at the same site after a self-injury and a second operation was performed by placing a 2 mm VCP 1.5 mm thick.
Prevalence, diagnostics and surgical technique are discussed in this report. A comparison between surgical alternatives and their post-operative complications is also made.
Keywords: Toy Poodle ; Dog; Radius
Citation: Dimitrios Alexopoulos. “Repair of a Complete Simple Distal Diaphyseal Transverse Fracture of the Radius and Ulna with Bone Plate and Screws in a Toy Poodle Canine”. Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 2.3 (2020): 61-68.
Copyright: © 2020 Dimitrios Alexopoulos. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.