Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Stress fractures in upper shin bone of 10 cats with kneecap breaks
By Langley-Hobbs, S J et al.·Published in The Veterinary record·2009·Department of Veterinary Medicine, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Transverse stress fractures of the proximal tibia in 10 cats with non-union patellar fractures.
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Plain-English summary
Ten cats, averaging about eight years old, were brought in with stress fractures in the upper part of their leg bones (tibias) and had also suffered from knee fractures that hadn’t healed properly. Some of these cats had multiple fractures in different areas, including their hips and ribs. After treatment, most of the cats showed improvement, with eight healing successfully, but one did not heal and two had to be euthanized due to complications from their injuries.
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Abstract
Ten cats with a mean age of eight years and five months had suffered proximal transverse tibial fractures; in four of them both tibiae had fractured at different times. All the cats also had bilateral non-union patellar fractures, and nine of them had evidence of fractures elsewhere, including acetabular, ischial, humeral condylar and rib fractures, which had occurred before or after the tibial fractures. All the tibial fractures were proximal and transverse. Radiographically, there was thickening and sclerosis of the cranial cortex adjacent to and at the level of the fracture, changes that were compatible with stress fractures. The outcome of repair of the tibial fracture was known in nine of the cats; eight of them healed and one resulted in a non-union. Two of the cats were euthanased as a direct result of the fracture or complications with the repair.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19346541/