Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with broken thigh bone fixed using rib and hip bone grafts plus
By Chung, Cheng-Shu et al.·Published in Frontiers in veterinary science·2021·Department of Veterinary Medicine·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Case Report: Treatment of Femoral Non-union With Rib and Iliac Crest Autografts and rhBMP-2 in a Cat.
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Plain-English summary
A 5-year-old male Bengal cat was brought in due to a failed surgery on a broken right leg that wouldn't heal properly. After several unsuccessful attempts to fix the fracture, the vet performed a final surgery using a special plate and grafts from the cat's rib and hip bone, along with a protein to help bone growth. Two months later, the bone started healing, and while the cat still had some mild limping, it was able to walk well and had a good quality of life.
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Abstract
A 5-year-old, intact male Bengal cat weighing 5.2 kg was referred for the fixation failure of a right femoral fracture. Multiple surgical revisions failed, and atrophic non-union was diagnosed. The cat was then admitted for a final revision surgery using locking plate fixation in conjunction with rib and iliac crest autografts and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 2 (rhBMP-2). The fracture site was debrided and stabilized before filling the defect with 1.8 cm of rib bone autograft. The residual space in the defect was then filled with an iliac crest autograft. Finally, a 3 ×5 cm absorbable collagen sponge soaked with 0.5 mL of 0.2 mg/mL rhBMP-2 solution was placed around the defect. No significant complications were noted postoperatively. Bone healing was noted 2 months postoperatively, and it continued for 12 months. Although mild lameness remained, the cat's ambulatory function and quality of life were good. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first case report of a clinical transplantation of a rib segment as an autograft in combination with rhBMP-2 in a cat with a large bone defect.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34901246/