Laura Bondonny, Maxime Jacqmin, François-Xavier Ferrand, Mathieu Taroni, Pablo Rivier
OBJECTIVE: To report a modified intramedullary pinning technique, and associated outcomes, for distal femoral physeal Salter-Harris type I and II fracture management in cats. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective study including client-owned cats presented between November 2014 and February 2022 with distal femoral physeal fractures treated with an intramedullary pin and one antirotational pin inserted in the lateral femoral condyle. Collected data included signalment, fracture characteristics according to the Salter-Harris classification, surgical data (intramedullary and antirotational pin sizes), and outcome data (radiographic and functional outcomes and complications)...
October 31, 2023: Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology: V.C.O.T