Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2005; 18(03): 194-198
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632946
Case Report
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Locking Compression Plate fixation of radial and tibial fractures in a young dog

C. S. Schwandt
1   Clinic for Small Animal Surgery of the Vetsuisse Faculty University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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P. M. Montavon
1   Clinic for Small Animal Surgery of the Vetsuisse Faculty University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Publication History

Received 20 November 2004

Accepted 10 April 2005

Publication Date:
22 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

A six-month-old, male Bernese Mountain Dog in which radius-ulna and tibia-fibula concomitant fractures were treated each with a 3.5 mm Locking Compression Plate (LCP) is presented. Both fractures were approached and plated medially. The tibial fracture had to be revised with a 4.5 mm intramedullary nail and a new 3.5 mm LCP at the second post-operative day because of fixation breakdown. The follow-up radiographs taken at days 14 and 53 revealed uneventful healing of both fractures. Implants were removed 53 days after surgery.