CHARACTERISTICS OF 1000 FEMUR FRACTURES IN THE DOG AND CAT

A fracture documentation study of the femur in dogs and cats was devel oped. It consists of frequency of type of animal involved, the type of fracture involved, and the type of repair carried out. Specifically, the data documented are: date, leg, patient number, practice number, s urgeon number, sex, species, age, weight, amount overweight, fracture site, skin condition, fragment number, days trauma to surgery, Salter type, management, presurgical complications, primary fixation, seconda ry fixation, graft, cerclage wire, cerclage method, screw size, Kirsch ner wire size, pin size, plate, pins (Kirschner apparatus), bars (Kirs chner apparatus). This data was collected over a five-year period from 79 surgeons in private and university practice in 10 different countr ies.