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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1999; 12(02): 88-91
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632470
Case Report
Schattauer GmbH

Stabilization of a Physeal Fracture Using an Orthofix® Partially-threaded Kirschner Wire

O. I. Lanz
1   From the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
,
D. D. Lewis
1   From the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
,
Susan M. Newell
1   From the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Received 29 April 1998

Accepted 05 September 1998

Publication Date:
08 February 2018 (online)

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Successful treatment of humeral condylar fractures requires accurate reduction and rigid internal fixation which can be difficult to achieve in toy and/or miniature breed dogs. Stabilization of a Salter-Harris type IV physeal fracture of the numeral condyle was simplified by using Orthofix® partially-threaded Kirschner wire and provided excellent clinical results in a 1.5 kg miniature pinscher

Keywords

Salter-Harris - humeral condyle - Kirschner wire
 

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