Treatment with custom partial condyle prosthesis of a comminuted femoral condylefracture in a dog: a case report

Authors

KEMAL ALTUNATMAZ
EBRU ERAVCI YALIN
BÜŞRA İNAL GÜNAY
DEFNE JOAN ŞADALAK MCKINSTRY
ZEYNEP TOL SEVİM

DOI

10.3906/vet-1807-115

Abstract

The patient in this case report was a male Golden Retriever dog, approximately 5 years of age, found in woodlands and presenting with an inability to use the right hindlimb. In craniocaudal and mediolateral radiographs taken of the patient, presence of an old comminuted fracture caused by a firearm injury was observed in the right femoral condyle. A custom-made trochlear groove of suitable dimensions for the patient was produced. The patient tip-toed on postoperative day 1 and was seen to be mostly weight-bearing by day 7. The lameness was determined to have lessened to a great extent after 1 month and at the end of 6 months it had completely disappeared. In control radiographs taken 1 year later, no osteoarthritis findings were observed in the knee joint.

Keywords

Femoral condyle, comminuted fracture, partial knee prosthesis, dog

First Page

140

Last Page

145

Recommended Citation

ALTUNATMAZ, KEMAL; YALIN, EBRU ERAVCI; GÜNAY, BÜŞRA İNAL; MCKINSTRY, DEFNE JOAN ŞADALAK; and SEVİM, ZEYNEP TOL (2019) "Treatment with custom partial condyle prosthesis of a comminuted femoral condylefracture in a dog: a case report," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 43: No. 1, Article 18. https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1807-115
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol43/iss1/18