Ulnar osteotomy for treatment of cubital subluxation,following locking compression plate osteosynthesis of a radius fracture in a foal |
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| Authors: | M D Klopfenstein Bregger M A Jackson M Kummer P R Kircher J A Auer A E Fürst |
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| Institution: | 1. Equine Hospital, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich;2. and Section of Diagnostic Imaging, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland. |
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| Abstract: | A closed mid‐diaphyseal fracture in a one‐day‐old foal was treated using a 3.5 mm locking compression plate on the cranial aspect of the radius. The foal showed good fracture healing, but a radio‐ulnar synostosis developed despite the absence of transfixation by any implant into the ulna. Four months after surgery the radiographs revealed a cubital subluxation, which was managed by an osteotomy of the ulna at the time of plate removal, allowing the ulna to adjust into a normal position. One year after surgery the foal was clinically sound; the radiographs showed good healing of the osteotomy gap as well as good remodelling of the radius; however, a slight elbow subluxation was present. |
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| Keywords: | horse foal LCP osteosynthesis radius ulnar subluxation ulnar osteotomy |
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