Ventral fixation of cervical vertebral fractures in two red kangaroos using screws and polymethylmethacrylate

J. M. Ivany; J. Dyce

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1632723

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2002; 15(02): 111-115
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632723

Clinical Communication

Schattauer GmbH

Ventral fixation of cervical vertebral fractures in two red kangaroos using screws and polymethylmethacrylate

Authors

J. M. Ivany

¹Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
J. Dyce

¹Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

Abstract

Summary

Fractures of the cervical vertebrae in two tetraparetic juvenile red kangaroos were stabilized using a modified ventral screws and polymethylmethacrylate technique. One kangaroo developed terminal ventilatory complications during anaesthesia. The second recovered normal mobility.

Keywords

Vertebral fracture - screws and polymethylmethacrylate - kangaroo

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