Abstract

CARDONA R, Sebastián; MUNOZ R, Luis-Carlos  and  SILVA M, Raúl-Fernando. Closed reduction of humeral condylar fracture and elbow luxation in a dog. Rev.MVZ Cordoba [online]. 2015, vol.20, n.3, pp.4815-4821. ISSN 0122-0268.

Fractures of the distal humerus that involving the condyles often requires extensive surgical approach for treatment, leading to a prolonged recovery time. In a West Highland White Terrier dog two years old, with a fracture of the lateral humeral condyle portion and elbow luxation, was performed a closed technique for luxation reduction, fracture reduction was performed by digital pressure and percutaneous osteosynthesis by introduction of a Kirschner wire of 2 mm diameter, accompanied by Robert-Jones bandage modified for 6 weeks. Limb function was recovered in the immediate postoperative, the wire was removed six weeks after, non-was observed postoperative complications, and full functional recovery of the limb was clinically evident. This suggests that this technique could be an option in cases of condylar fractures in small-sized dogs.

Keywords : Dog; fixation; orthopedics.

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