Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog limb-sparing surgery using orthogonal bone plates for osteosarcoma
By Renwick, A & Scurrell, E·Published in Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.T·2013·East Neuk Veterinary Clinic, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Orthogonal bone plate stabilization for limb-sparing surgery.
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Plain-English summary
A 6-year-old Hungarian Vizsla weighing 35 kg was diagnosed with a bone lesion in the wrist area that was initially thought to be a cyst but turned out to be osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. The veterinarian performed limb-sparing surgery, removing the tumor and filling the resulting bone defect with a special graft. They used custom plates to stabilize the area, and the dog recovered well without any complications. Even without chemotherapy, the dog was still alive and had nearly normal use of the limb 34 months later.
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Abstract
This report describes limb-sparing surgery in a 35 kg, six-year-old Hungarian Vizsla with a distal radial lytic bone lesion. Preoperative biopsy had suggested a bone cyst, however histopathology on the excised bone segment was indicative of an osteosarcoma. Following excision of the tumour, the bone defect was filled with a composite bone graft and stabilized with a custom-made dorsal 3.5/2.7 mm pancarpal arthrodesis plate and an orthogonally positioned medial 2.7 mm compression plate. This technique has not previously been described for limb-sparing procedures. No complications were encountered, and despite the owners declining adjunctive chemotherapy, the dog was alive 34 months postoperatively with near normal limb function.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24081486/