AUTOGENOUS PAD GRAFTS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF A WEIGHT-BEARING SURFACE - A CASE-REPORT

A six-month-old, intact male, Labrador retriever/Irish setter puppy su stained acute amputation of his distal left pelvic limb and fail, alon g with severe injury of his left forepaw as a result of being run over by a train. The injury to the left forepaw involved extensive lacerat ions of the palmar aspect of the paw, traumatic onchyectomy of the thi rd digit, and destruction of the metacarpal pad. Treatment consisted o f surgical debridement and closure of both amputation sites and recons truction of a weight-bearing surface for the left forepaw. Following c onservative wound management five 6 by 8-mm autogenous pad grafts were embedded surgically into the healthy granulation tissue on the palmar aspect of the left forepaw.