Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with chronic bone infection treated by bone graft surgery
By Jung, Jae-Hwan et al.·Published in Veterinary medicine and science·2024·Department of Veterinary Surgery, South Korea·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Reconstructive surgery with an autologous bone graft in a dog with presumptive chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis.
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Plain-English summary
A 15-year-old Cocker Spaniel was brought in because he was limping on his left front leg. X-rays and a CT scan showed damage to several bones in his paw, but a biopsy didn’t give a clear answer. The owner chose to have surgery to remove the damaged bone and used a bone graft from the dog’s own body to help repair the area. After about seven weeks, the dog was walking better and was diagnosed with chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis, a condition not previously reported in dogs.
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Abstract
A 15-year-old Cocker Spaniel was referred to for the evaluation of left forelimb lameness. Radiographic and computed tomography examinations revealed osteolysis of the proximal left third, fourth and fifth metacarpal bones and pathological fractures of the proximal left fourth metacarpal bone. Histopathological examination via bone biopsy did not provide a definitive diagnosis, and the owner elected limb-sparing surgery. The fourth metacarpal bone and digits were amputated. Subsequently, autologous bone grafts were performed on the lytic area of the third and fifth metacarpal bones. The dog showed improvement in gait 7 weeks after reconstructive surgery. Chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis (CNO) was diagnosed by exclusion. To the best of our knowledge, CNO has not been previously reported in dogs.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38379264/