PARTIAL CARPAL ARTHRODESIS IN A WARTHOG (PHACOCHOERUS-AETHIOPICUS)

Authors
ROE SC SPELMAR L SPODNICK G LOOMIS M
Citation
Sc. Roe et al., PARTIAL CARPAL ARTHRODESIS IN A WARTHOG (PHACOCHOERUS-AETHIOPICUS), Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology, 7(4), 1994, pp. 183-186
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320814
Volume
7
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
183 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0814(1994)7:4<183:PCAIAW>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
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.