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Fixation of Femoral Capital Physeal Fractures with 7.0 mm Cannulated Screws in Five Bulls
Author(s) -
WILSON DAVID G.,
CRAWFORD WILLIAM H.,
STONE WILLIAM C.,
FRAMPTON J. WYATT
Publication year - 1991
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.1991.tb01253.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lag screw , physis , fixation (population genetics) , lameness , slipped capital femoral epiphysis , surgery , dorsum , anatomy , femoral head , internal fixation , radiography , population , environmental health
Salter‐Harris type I fractures of the femoral capital physis were repaired in five Holstein bulls with three 7.0 mm cannulated screws placed in lag fashion. Radiographically at months 7 to 10, the fractures were healed and there was periarticular bone production on the femoral necks and the dorsal acetabular rims. Four bulls had normal gaits, and one bull had muscle atrophy and barely detectable lameness.