Bone pin-plate surgical device and method for promoting athrodesis of the equine fetlock joint

摘要

A device and surgical method for promoting arthrodesis of an equine fetlock joint. The device is a rigid bone pin-plate that is implanted at the fetlock joint and attached to the tension band surface of the first phalanx. The surgical method is a palmar surgical approach for implanting a bone pin-plate device that provides access to the medullary canal of the third metacarpal bone.