Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with infected femur fracture healed using omental tissue treatment
By A. McAlinden et al.·Published in Irish Veterinary Journal·2009·View original on Semantic Scholar →
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Original publication title: Omentalisation as adjunctive treatment of an infected femoral nonunion fracture: a case report
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Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old male border collie was brought in with an infected femoral fracture that wasn't healing properly. The veterinarian performed a two-step surgery: first, they cleaned out the infection and used a piece of tissue from the dog's abdomen (called omentalisation) to help with healing, then they stabilized the bone with a plate and a bone graft. Sixteen weeks later, X-rays showed that the bone had healed, and a year after the surgery, the dog was back to full activity without any limping.
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Abstract
A three-year-old male working border collie with an infected femoral nonunion fracture was managed in a two-stage procedure involving debridement and omentalisation, followed by stabilisation with a bone plate and an autogenous cancellous bone graft. Osseous union was documented radiographically 16 weeks after surgery. Telephone follow-up one year later revealed the dog had returned to full working function without evidence of lameness. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first clinical case described in the veterinary literature using omentalisation as an adjunct to the management of an infected, biologically inactive nonunion fracture.
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