External Fixator Remedied Limb Fractures in Cats and Dogs

摘要

Fractured limbs remedied by external fixators allow the patient to support the operated limbimmediately after surgery, joints remain free, giving the affected limb a greater degree of mobility,stimulating the healing process, regeneration of the fractured bone is within optimal parameters and theintervention is less traumatic, because in most cases the site of fracture will not be opened and reopened,reducing the possibilities of postoperative bleeding and infection. The cases we studied we useda bilateralmono-planar external fixator and an external hybrid fixator, with two half-rings and two struts. Protocolwill require general anesthesia and local sitepreparation, fixing the fracture and external fixatorapplication, radiological examination, hematological tests, and postoperative antibiotics, antiinflammatorymedicine and vitamin D3. Using external fixator in fractures of the limbs in dogs and catshave confirmed the advantages of this type of intervention hastening the healing process and supportingthe immediate resumption of the limb support.