Sc. Roe et al., PARTIAL CARPAL ARTHRODESIS IN A WARTHOG (PHACOCHOERUS-AETHIOPICUS), Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology, 7(4), 1994, pp. 183-186
A two-year-old African wart-hog fractured the left fourth carpal bone
in a pen injury. Conservative management was unsuccessful. Partial car
pal arthrodesis of the intercarpal and carpometacarpal joints was perf
ormed using cartilage debridement, cancellous bone grafting, a T-plate
and a dynamic compression plate for stabilization. Forelimb function
was maintained in an animal that eats and forages while kneeling on it
s flexed carpus.