Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1995; 08(04): 218-221
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632460
Case Report
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Interlocking Nail Fixation of an Opening Wedge Corrective Osteotomy for Femoral Malunion in a Dog

C. W. Hay
1   From the Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
,
K. A. Johnson
1   From the Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Publication History

Received for publication 31 July 1995

Publication Date:
09 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

A young Malamute dog had a severe angular, shortening and rotational deformity of one femur due to malunion. An opening-wedge, corrective osteotomy was stabilized using an 8 mm diameter interlocking nail, with two screws proximally and two distally. Three months after the operation the osteotomy healed and lameness had resolved.

An 8 mm diameter interlocking nail was used to stabilize a corrective osteotomy of a femoral malunion in a dog.