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Use of contoured bar transhock external furators in 17 cats
Author(s) -
Owen M. A.
Publication year - 2000
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.1748-5827.2000.tb03138.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tarsus (eyelids) , cats , tibia , fixation (population genetics) , surgery , external fixation , displacement (psychology) , external fixator , soft tissue , anatomy , psychology , population , environmental health , eyelid , psychotherapist
Seventeen cats with injuries involving the distal tibia, talocrural joints, tarsus and metatarsus were treated with contoured connecting bar transhock external fixators as either primary or secondary fixation. The assemblies stabilised all the injuries successfully. Fracture union was achieved in 11 out of 12 cases. Excellent results were achieved in eight cats and the outcome was satisfactory in a further five. Those cats with injuries involving talocrural joint luxation with displacement and significant periarticular soft tissue disruption had poorer long‐term results. Complications occurred in seven cases.