Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Minimally invasive bone plate surgery for dog fractures
By Pozzi, A & Lewis, D·Published in Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.T·2009·Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Surgical approaches for minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis in dogs.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
A dog with a broken leg underwent a new type of surgery called minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO), which uses small cuts to place a plate next to the bone without causing much damage to surrounding tissues. This technique was used for fractures in different bones, including the humerus and femur. The surgery was performed safely, and the plate was inserted without harming nerves or blood vessels. While more research is needed to see how well this method works in the long term, it shows promise for treating fractures in dogs with less trauma than traditional surgery.
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Abstract
Fracture stabilisation techniques continue to evolve and to provide approaches which minimise the iatrogenic trauma associated with surgery. Minimally invasive plate osteosynthesis (MIPO) is a recently described method of biological internal fixation performed by introducing a bone plate via small insertional incisions that are made remote to the fracture site. The plate is slid adjacent to the bone in an epiperiosteal tunnel connecting the two insertional incisions. Screws are placed in the plate through the insertional incisions or via additional stab incisions made over the holes in the plate. In this paper we describe the surgical approaches used to perform MIPO in humeral, radial, femoral and tibial fractures in dogs. We found that these approaches allowed safe insertion of the plate without grossly damaging neuro-vascular structures. Further studies are needed to evaluate the clinical outcome of MIPO in dogs.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19597635/