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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.