Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Fractures in dogs, cats, and birds treated 2014-2018
By S. A. Muhamad et al.·2020·View original on Semantic Scholar →
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Original publication title: A retrospective study of fracture cases managed in the veterinary teaching hospital; 181 cases (2014-2018)
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A group of dogs and cats with various fractures were treated at a veterinary hospital, with many injuries caused by car accidents. The most common fractures were in the femur (thigh bone) and radius-ulna (forearm bones). Out of 181 cases, 45 pets had surgery to fix their fractures internally, while 130 were treated with external methods like splints. The internal fixations generally worked well, but some pets experienced issues like inflammation or misalignment after surgery. Overall, internal fixation techniques were found to be the most effective for treating fractures in pets.
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Abstract
Article history: Received October 27, 2019 Accepted January 6, 2020 Available online September 9, 2020 The aim of the study to evaluate 181 cases of different types of fractures in age and sex of the different breeds that were admitted to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, over the years 2014 -2018. From a total of 734 clinical cases, 181 were diagnosed as fractures. From cases, dogs represented 49.72% (90/181), whereas cats represent 18.23% (33/181) and birds represented 22.09% (40/ 181). The etiology of the fractures multifactorial, but car accidents represented the main cause of fractures particularly in dogs. Femoral fractures were reported as the most prevalent types of fractures that represented 26.51% (48/181), followed by fractures in radius-ulna 19.33% (35/181), tibia-fibula 13.81% (25/181) and the pelvis 9.94% (18/181). All the cases were diagnosed on the bases of case history, clinical signs, physical examination and finally confirmed by using digital X-ray which offered an excellent scope and contrast than the traditional method. From a total of 181 cases, 6 cases were found hopeless, 45 cases underwent surgical internal fixation and the remaining 130 cases were fixed by external coaptation. Internal fixations were found to be very convenient and without any difficulties, on the contrary to the cases with external cooptation were not. We recorded postoperative inflammation in 4 cases, as well as mal-union was recorded in 5 cases and incomplete alignment in 2 cases was found. We concluded that fractures in pet animals are common in Sulaimani province, which must be considered, and the best-employed methods of fracture repair were the internal fixation techniques, particularly intramedullary pinning.
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Search related cases →Original publication on Semantic Scholar: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/8802d728725219cc62834043709d353af77107dc