Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Small dog's broken front leg fixed with tail bone and blood treatment
By Choi, Jin-Young & Yoon, Hun-Young·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2022·Department of Veterinary Surgery, South Korea·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Use of coccygeal vertebra autograft and platelet-rich plasma for treating a distal radial nonunion fracture in a small-breed dog.
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Plain-English summary
An 11-month-old spayed female poodle weighing 4.3 kg was brought in because her right foreleg wasn't healing properly after a previous surgery for a broken bone. The vet found a problem with the bone and decided to perform surgery using a piece of bone from her tail (coccyx) along with a special treatment called platelet-rich plasma to help the healing process. After the surgery, the poodle showed no signs of ongoing issues, and at an 18-month check-up, her leg was healing well with no complications.
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Abstract
A 4.3-kg, 11-month-old, spayed female poodle was presented for treatment of a right radio-ulnar nonunion fracture. Clinical history included failed surgical correction of a radius fracture with internal fixation 1 mo before presentation. Radiographic examination revealed a 1.5-cm lytic lesion on the right distal radius. Surgery was planned with a coccyx autograft and platelet-rich plasma. A 2.8-cm-long bone defect was created, and the lytic lesion was removed. Caudectomy was performed; the 6th and 7th coccygeal bones were harvested, placed into the defect, and fixed to the radius with a locking plate. Remnants of coccygeal bone were ground, mixed with platelet-rich plasma, and used to fill the bone defects. There was no evidence of nonunion or delayed union at the 18-month follow-up examination. Key clinical message: Based on the study findings, we inferred that a coccyx autograft and platelet-rich plasma can be used for successful reconstruction of a distal radial defect.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35784767/