Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Low-intensity ultrasound for healing wrist bone gaps in dogs
By Volpon, Jose B et al.·Published in Ultrasound in medicine & biology·2010·University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Brazil·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Low-intensity ultrasound application in distal radius metaphyseal bone defects of dogs.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A group of 28 dogs with bone defects in their front legs received either a daily treatment of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound or no treatment for 100 days. While all dogs showed some healing with the formation of fibrocartilage, the dogs that received the ultrasound treatment had some areas where new bone was forming. However, the ultrasound did not significantly improve the healing process compared to the dogs that did not receive treatment. This suggests that low-intensity ultrasound may not be strong enough to help with certain bone healing issues.
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Abstract
We assessed the repair of transverse, 3-mm wide bone gaps created at the distal radius in 28 dogs that were randomly divided into two 14-animal groups; one was the control group and the other received a daily, 20-min application of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound for 100 days. Sequential radiographs, histomorphometrics, bone fluorescent histology and bone vascularity assessments found that all animals from both groups obtained a stage of hypertrophic-type nonunion with fibrocartilage tissue formation throughout the region of osteotomy. However, treated animals exhibited areas of endochondral ossification within the fibrocartilage region. There was no difference in type of vascularity or the newly formed bone process obtained by tetracycline labeling. Application of low-intensity ultrasound was not capable of significantly changing the reparative process and it may not be sufficiently powerful to overcome a combination of local deleterious effects on bone healing, created by gapping, excessive motion and periosteal resection.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20888687/