Femur fractures and treatment options in 20 dogs admitted to our clinic from January 2013 to December 2015

Raouf, M. Abd El; Mekkawy, Nefissa Helmy; AbdEl-Aal, Abdel Basit Mohamed

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“…Furthermore, fractures at the femoral shaft showed a higher incidence rate (3 versus 1) compared to other parts of the bone. In addition, the occurrence rate of transverse/oblique fractures (54.1% & 30.6% respectively) were recorded to be higher compared to comminuted (15.3%) ones, these results were found in accordance with previous reports of ( Tercanlioglu and Sarrierler, 2009;Shiju et al, 2011;Ben Ali, 2013;Abd El Raouf et al, 2017). We suggested that the anatomical characteristics of the femur and its inclined position within the animal's body make it liable to excessive stress more than other long bones other than the humerus.…”

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“…It usually occurs as a result of violent trauma with a vehicular accident, gunshot injuries, and falls or occasionally due to pathologic diseases Surgery because of primary or metastatic bone tumors. It can result in both life-threatening injuries, severe and permanent disability (Gadallah et al, 2009;Fossum et al, 2013;Jain et al, 2018) Among different breeds of dogs, femoral fractures commonly occur in German shepherds (85%), Doberman pinscher (5%), and White Griffon (5%) (Abd El Raouf et al, 2017). It occurs mostly at the proximal or distal physis in immature dogs while in mature animals metaphyseal and diaphyseal fractures are the most frequently recorded.…”

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“…It can be categorized in form of capital physeal, femoral neck, trochanteric, subtrochanteric, diaphyseal, supracondylar, condylar, or distal physeal fracture. In most of the recorded cases skin remains intact because of the heavy overlying muscles, except in cases of a penetrating injury as in the case of gunshot wounds (Beale 2004;Tobias and Johnston, 2012;Fossum 2013;Abd El Raouf et al, 2017). Femur fractures in dogs can be managed by a variety of surgical techniques.…”

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Retrospective Study on Canine Femoral Fractures: Incidence and Surgical Management

Ahmed

Gadallah²,

Farghali³

et al. 2022

Journal of Current Veterinary Research

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The present study is carried out to record the incidence of femoral fractures among different breeds of dogs, as well as to evaluate different fixation techniques recommended by variant teaching hospitals and private clinics in Egypt. This study was conducted on 654 clinical cases of both genders and different breeds suffering from different femoral fractures which were referred to some teaching hospitals and private pet clinics in Egypt over a period of 5 years. The obtained data regarding animal's age, breed, weight, treatment technique, minor and major complications were analyzed statistically based on client observations survey, clinical records, survey, and sequential follow-up radiographs. Femoral fracture accounts to be 44% of all canine long bone fractures. The diaphysis is mostly affected (64.9%) compared to other parts of the bone as well as, transverse and oblique fractures were reported to be 86.5%. Transverse, oblique, and comminuted diaphyseal femoral fractured were managed successfully using a plate-rod technique (71.4%), IMP alone (79%) or in combination with cerclage wire (77%) respectively. All cases were treated with interlocking nails (ILNs) and showed complete healing without complications. On the other hand, cross pining fixation was the best for the management of distal femoral fractures with a 77.8% success rate.

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Retrospective Study on Canine Femoral Fractures: Incidence and Surgical Management

Ahmed

Gadallah²,

Farghali³

et al. 2022

Journal of Current Veterinary Research

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“…These results were in line with previously reported Aithal et al; Simon et al; Kolata et al (11,15,17). Violent trauma due to fall down from height and vehicle accident were the common causes of fractures as reported previously (2,18). This might be due to most people in our population keep their own dogs on the roof of the buildings and others for playing and jumping.…”

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Bone fractures in dogs: A retrospective study of 129 dogs

Raouf¹,

Ezzeldein²,

Eisa³

2019

IJVS

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The aim of the present study was to evaluate 129 dogs with different breed, age and sex admitted to the clinic of Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University over a 2-year period with different kinds of fractures. Thorough clinical and radiographic examinations were performed to all animals. The results revealed that German shepherd dogs (74.41%), immature dogs below 1 year of age (80.62%) and male dogs (57.36%) were the most susceptible to fractures. The percentages of fractures of the hind limb (48.06%) were the most common location of the fractures on animals followed by forelimb fractures (28.68%) then pelvic fractures (20.16%) and fractures of the mandible (3.1%). Femur fractures (27.13%) were the most common long bone fractures followed by tibia/fibula (15.5%) then radius/ulna (11.63%) and humerus (10.08%). About 79.84% of animals were treated by gypsona (42.72%), cross pins (22.33%), plate and screws (18.45%), intramedullary pins (14.56%) and wiring (1.94%). Satisfactory results were reported in 86.40% of treated animals and post-operative complications were reported in 13.60% of animals. It was concluded that immature and male dogs were more susceptible to bone fractures. Most of fixation methods are successful when basic principles of fracture repair are followed.

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“…It often occurs in pet animals due to a trauma, such as jumping from a height or being hit by a vehicle. The severity of the fracture is dependent on the etiology, anatomical locations and age of the animal, which may be hairline, multiple-pieces or compound fractures (2,3). The incidence and percentage could be varied among different animal species, different regions and countries, for instances, in a large veterinary hospital in North America for evaluation of injuries it was recorded that from approximately 35% of dogs and cats were examined, the overall mortality rate was 9% (4).…”

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A retrospective study of fracture cases managed in the veterinary teaching hospital; 181 cases (2014-2018)

Muhamad¹,

Ali²,

Abbas³

et al. 2020

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over the years 2014 -2018. From a total of 734 clinical cases, 181 were diagnosed as fractures. From cases, dogs represented 49.72% (90/181), whereas cats represent 18.23% (33/181) and birds represented 22.09% (40/ 181). The etiology of the fractures multifactorial, but car accidents represented the main cause of fractures particularly in dogs. Femoral fractures were reported as the most prevalent types of fractures that represented 26.51% (48/181), followed by fractures in radius-ulna 19.33% (35/181), tibia-fibula 13.81% (25/181) and the pelvis 9.94% (18/181). All the cases were diagnosed on the bases of case history, clinical signs, physical examination and finally confirmed by using digital X-ray which offered an excellent scope and contrast than the traditional method. From a total of 181 cases, 6 cases were found hopeless, 45 cases underwent surgical internal fixation and the remaining 130 cases were fixed by external coaptation. Internal fixations were found to be very convenient and without any difficulties, on the contrary to the cases with external cooptation were not. We recorded postoperative inflammation in 4 cases, as well as mal-union was recorded in 5 cases and incomplete alignment in 2 cases was found. We concluded that fractures in pet animals are common in Sulaimani province, which must be considered, and the best-employed methods of fracture repair were the internal fixation techniques, particularly intramedullary pinning.

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Femur fractures and treatment options in 20 dogs admitted to our clinic from January 2013 to December 2015

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to evaluate treatment of 20 dogs with femur fractures. Twenty (20) dogs with different ages, breeds, and gender admitted to the clinic of

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Retrospective Study on Canine Femoral Fractures: Incidence and Surgical Management

Retrospective Study on Canine Femoral Fractures: Incidence and Surgical Management

Bone fractures in dogs: A retrospective study of 129 dogs

A retrospective study of fracture cases managed in the veterinary teaching hospital; 181 cases (2014-2018)

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