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Surgical repair of a comminuted femoral gunshot fracture in a dog
Author(s) -
Fox S.M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1989.tb01609.x
Subject(s) - medicine , beagle , surgery , gunshot wound , femoral fracture , hook , femoral shaft , lameness , open fracture , radiography , intramedullary rod , dentistry , orthopedic surgery , femur
ABSTRACT A three‐year‐old beagle was presented with a hindlimb lameness following a gunshot wound. Radiographs revealed a grade II open, femoral fracture with severe comminution. Repair was made with an intercalary composite graft stabilised by a double hook plate.