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Spinal Fixation in Dogs Using Steinmann Pins and Methylmethacrylate
Author(s) -
BLASS CHARLES E.,
III HOWARD B. SEIM
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1984.tb00790.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fixation (population genetics) , spinal deformity , deformity , surgery , spinal injury , ambulatory , vertebral body , spinal cord , spinal cord injury , population , environmental health , psychiatry
Steinmann pins and methylmethacrylate were used to stabilize 17 vertebral fractures or luxations and one unstable congenital spinal deformity in 18 dogs of a wide range of ages and body weights. Of 12 dogs available for follow‐up examination (4–43 months), 10 were normal or only mildly ataxic, and two were ambulatory but severely ataxic. Five dogs died or were euthanized in the early postoperative period, but none of the deaths could be attributed to the technique. Uncommon complications associated with this fixation technique were pin migration and wound infection.