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CC BY 4.0 · VCOT Open 2019; 02(01): e32-e35
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1691827
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Lag Screw Fixation for Treatment of an Ulnar Styloid Process Fracture with Antebrachiocarpal Joint Luxation in a Cat

Lindsay A. Parker 
1   Department of Companion Animals, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada
,
Amy S. Kapatkin
2   Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
,
Mark C. Fuller
3   Fuller Animal Specialty Surgery, Airdrie, AB, Canada
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22 December 2018

07 April 2019

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04 June 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Fracture of the ulnar styloid process can result in clinically debilitating antebrachiocarpal instability. Previously described repair methods include Kirschner wire and figure of eight tension band wire and/or intramedullary pinning. This case report describes surgical repair of a short oblique ulnar styloid process fracture in a cat using two cortical screws placed in lag fashion. Recheck evaluation confirmed lameness-free full return to function with anatomical fracture healing.

Keywords

feline ulnar styloid fracture - osteosynthesis

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