Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog limb movement after femur fracture fixed with intramedullary
By Abed, R A et al.·Published in Archives of Razi Institute·2022·Surgery and Obstetric Department·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Limb Gait Score of Femur Fracture Fixated by Intramedullary Pinning in Dogs.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A group of nine adult male dogs with femur fractures underwent surgery to fix the broken bone using a method called intramedullary pinning. After the surgery, the dogs were monitored for 60 days to see how well they could use their injured legs. Initially, they couldn't put weight on the leg, but over time, they gradually regained strength and mobility. By the end of the study, all the dogs were able to walk, run, and jump normally again, showing that this surgical technique was effective for healing femur fractures in dogs.
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Abstract
Animal posture, limb gait, and body weight-bearing in dogs can be evaluated by limb gait score. In this study, nine adult male dogs of local breed were used to induce a complete transverse femoral mid-shaft fracture fixed internally by intramedullary pining under general anesthesia with the aseptic technique and followed for 60 days postoperative. The data were analyzed, including five degrees that indicate the correlation among animals' posture, limbs, and body weight tolerance per day. The results demonstrated that in grade 5, the animals completely hold the affected limb during standing position 1-3day postoperative. From the 4-10day postoperative, in grade 4, the animals supported the body weight on the affected limb in the standing position and hold it during waking. In grade 3, from 11-21day postoperative, the operated animals supported body weight on the affected limb in slow waking and hold it in speed waking and running. From the 22-28day postoperative, in grade 2, the animals used the limb in speed walking, from the 29-35day postoperative. In grade1, the animals could use the limb in running from the 36-2day postoperative. In grade 0, the animals used the limb normally in walking, running, and jumping until the end of experimental periods (60day postoperative). The results indicated that limb gait scores in dogs can be used for the evaluation of the relationships among animals' posture, limb gait, and body-weight bearing per day during bone regeneration processing of femur fracture fixed by intramedullary pining.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36618310/