Management of comminuted diaphyseal antebrachium fracture using an intramedullary Kuntscher pin fixation in a foal

Abstract

-Thc study material included a three and half months old Arabian foal, which was brought to the Clinics of the
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University. Depending on the breeder
report, thc foal was subjected a kicking trauma to the right forelimb in the field. Diaphyseal comminuted fracture of thc right
antebrachium was detected according to the clinical and the radiological examinations. Fracture fixation of the foal, intended to use
for breeding purpose in TIGEM Çifteler Horse Breeding Units, was managed using an intramedullary Kuntscher pin as a fixation
materia1. After the operation a Scotchcast bandage was applied on the affected right limb for a 4 weeks period. The Kuntscher pin
was decided to leave in siıu because the foal was in the growing period and to avoid possible intra-articular lesions. Alkr clinical and
radiological follow-up examinations until the 61h month, functional healing was provided and it was decided that the foal was
functionally in good condition and suitable for breeding purposes. The information getıing from the Çifteler Breeding Unit in Slh
month postoperatively emphasised the foal was walked and trotıed without any problems

Keywords

• Antebrachiunı
• foal
• fracture
• Kuntscher pin
• osteosynthese

Tayda parçalı diyafizer antebrachium kırığının intramedüller Küntscher pini uygulaması ile sağaltımı

Abstract

Çalışma materyalini, Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi, Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Bilim Dalı Kliniği'ne getirilen 3,5 aylık, erkek Arap tay ı oluşturdu. Çifte darbesinin neden olduğu, klinik ve radyolojik muayeneler sonucu sağ antebrachiuıııda kapalı, diyafizer, parçalı kırık belirlendi. T1GEM Çifteler Harası'nda damızhk amacıyla kullanılmak istenen tayın operatil' kırık sağaltlıııll1da, intramedüller Küntscher pini kullanılmış, postoperatil' dönemde sağ ön ekstremite polyviny1chloride (PVC) atelle desteklenen Scoteheast bandajı uygulaması ile 4 hafta korunmuştur. Klinik ve radyolojik kontrollerin 6. aya kadar sürdürüldüğü tayda, fonksiyonel klinik iyileşmenin sağlandığı ve damızhk kullanım amacına uygun olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

• Anahtar keliıııeler: Antebrachium
• kırık
• Küntscher pini
• osteosentez
• tay

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