Tschoner TS, Köstlin RG, Feist M. Corrective Osteotomy of a Metacarpal Deviation Caused by Fracture in a 9-Month-Old German Fleckvieh Heifer.
Vet Surg 2016;
46:130-135. [PMID:
27906469 DOI:
10.1111/vsu.12588]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 08/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To describe the surgical treatment of a metacarpal deviation caused by an untreated Salter-Harris type I fracture in a heifer.
STUDY DESIGN
Case report.
ANIMAL
9-month-old German Fleckvieh heifer.
METHODS
A closing wedge osteotomy was performed to correct deviation of fused metacarpal III and IV. A triangular bone wedge was removed and the proximal and distal fragments of the bone were brought into apposition and stabilized with an 11-hole T-plate. A full-limb cast was applied postoperative.
RESULTS
Radiographs were taken at 2, 4, and 6 weeks postoperative. No postoperative complications occurred and the heifer was discharged from the clinic 51 days after surgery. Radiographs taken 6 months after discharge showed periosteal callus formation around the closing wedge osteotomy. At 24 months postoperative, implants were intact and the heifer was in good general condition.
CONCLUSION
Closing wedge osteotomy was successfully performed in a heifer with a metacarpal deviation, correcting the malunion after a untreated Salter-Harris type I fracture. Radiographs showed evidence of osteotomy healing and the heifer had full use of the affected leg at 24 months postoperative.
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