Comminuted supracondylar humeral fractures repaired with a modified type I external skeletal fixator construct

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 525-532

  Guerin, S R ^b   Lewis, D D ^a   Lanz, O I ^a   Stalling, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMERUS FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BONE NAILS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMERAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032196613     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1998.tb03699.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. ANDERSON, M. A., PALMER, R. H. & ARON, D. N. (1997) Improving pin selection and insertion technique for external skeletal fixation. Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian 19, 485-494
2. ARON, D. N. & DEWEY, C. W. (1992) Application and postoperative management of external skeletal fixation. Veterinary Clinics of North America (Small Animal Practice) 22, 69-97
3. ARON, D. N., FOUTZ, T. L, KELLER, W. G. & BROWN, J. (1991) Experimental and clinical experience with an IM pin external skeletal fixator tie-in configuration. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 4, 86-94
4. ARON, D. N. & TOOMBS, J. P. (1984) Update on principles of external skeletal fixation. Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian 6, 845-858
5. ARON, D. N. & TOOMBS, J. P. (1986) Primary treatment of severe fractures by external skeletal fixation: threaded pins compared with smooth pins. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 22, 659-670
6. BOUVY, B. M., MARKEL, M. D., CHELIKANI, S., EGGER, E. L., PIERMATTEI, D. L. & VANDERBY, R. (1993) Ex vivo biomechanics of Kirschner-Ehmer external skeletal fixation applied to canine tibiae Veterinary Surgery 22, 194-207
7. BRADEN, T. D., BRINKER, W. O., LITTLE, R. W., JENKINS, R. B. & BUTLER, D. (1973) Comparative biomechanical evaluation of bone healing in the dog. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 163, 65-69
8. BRIGGS, B. T. & CHAO, E. Y. S. (1982) The mechanical performance of the standard Hoffman-Vidal apparatus. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 64A, 566-573
9. BRINKER, W. O. & FLO, G. L. (1975) Principles of application of external skeletal fixation. Veterinary Clinics of North America 2, 197-208
10. CULVENOR, J. A. & PALKER, R. J. (1996) Collection of corticocancellous bone graft from the ilium of the dog using an acetabular reamer. Journal of Small Animal Practice 37, 513-515
11. DEWEY, C. W., ARON, D. N., FOUTZ, T. L., MARKS, M. A. & BUDSBERG, S. C. (1994) Static strength evaluation of two modified unilateral external skeletal fixators. Journal of Small Animal Practice 35, 211-216
12. EGGER, E. L. & GREENWOOD, K. M. (1985) External skeletal fixation. In: Textbook of Small Animal Surgery. Ed D. H. Statter. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia. pp 1972-1988
13. EGGER, E. L , LEWALLEN, D. G., NORRDIN, R. W., SCHWARZ, P. D., HISTAND, M B., PALMER, J. & CHAO, E. Y. S. (1988) Effects of destabilising rigid external fixation on healing of unstable canine osteotomies. Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society 13, 302
14. FOLAND, M. A., SCHWARZ, P. D. & SALMAN, M. D. (1991) The adjunctive use of half-pin (type 1) external skeletal fixators in combination with intramedullary pins for femoral fracture fixation. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 4, 77-85
15. GREEN, S. A. (1983) Complication of external skeletal fixation. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 180, 109-116
16. HULSE, D. A. (1997) Reduction in plate strain by addition of an intramedullary pin. Veterinary Surgery 26, 451-459
17. JACKSON, D. A. (1983) Fractures of the humerus. In. Current Techniques in Small Animal Surgery II. Ed M. J. Bojrab. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, pp 674-687
18. JOHNSON, A. L., KNELLER, S. K. & WEIGEL, R. M. (1989) Radial and tibial fracture repair with external skeletal fixation. Effects of fracture type, reduction and complications on healing. Veterinary Surgery 18, 367-372
19. KANTROWITZ, B., SMEAK, D. & VANNINI, R, (1988) Radiographic appearance of ring sequestrum with pin tract osteomyelitis in the dog. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 24, 461-465
20. KLAUSE, S. E., SCHWARZ, P. D., EGGER, E. L. & PIERMATTEL, D. L. (1990) A modification of the unilateral type 1 external skeletal fixator configuration for primary or secondary support of supracondylar humeral and femoral fractures. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 3, 130-134
21. McPHERRON, M. A., SCHWARZ, P. D. & HISTAND, M. B. (1992) Mechanical evaluation of half-pin (type 1) external skeletal fixation in combination with a single intramedullary pin. Veterinary Surgery 21, 178-182
22. MARTINEZ, S. A., ARNOCZKY, S. P., FLO, G. L. & BRINKER, W. A. (1997) Dissipation of heat during polymerisation of acrylics used for external skeletal fixation connecting bars Veterinary Surgery 26, 290-294
23. MATTHEWS, L. S. & HIRSCH, C. (1984) The thermal effects of skeletal fixation-pin insertion in bone. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 66A, 1077-1083
24. MATTHIENSEN, D. T. (1992) Fractures of the humerus. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice 22, 121-133
25. MULLER, M. E , ALLGOWER, M. & WILLENEGGER, H. (1970) The internal fixation - method of the AO. In: Manual of Internal Fixation. Springer, New York, pp 36-62
26. OKRASINSKI, E. B., PARDO, A. D. & GRAEHLER, R. A (1991) Biomechanical evaluation of acrylic external skeletal fixation in dogs and cats. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 199, 1590-1593
27. PALMER, R. H., ARON, D. N. & CHAMBERS, J. N. (1988) A combined tension band and lag screw technique for fixation of olecranon osteotomies. Veterinary Surgery 17, 328-332
28. PIERMATTEI, D. L. (1993) An Atlas of Surgical Approaches to the Bones and Joints of the Dog and Cat, 3rd edn. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, pp 138-140
29. Ross, J. T. & MATTHIENSEN, D. T. (1993) The use of multiple pin and methylmethacrylate external skeletal fixation for the treatment of orthopaedic injuries in the dog and cat. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 6, 115-121
30. SCHATZKER, J., HORNE, J. G. & SUMNER-SMITH, G. (1975) The effects of movement on the holding power of screws in bone. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 111, 257-262
31. VANGNESS, C T., CARTER, D. R. & FRANKEL, V. H. (1981) In vitro evaluation of the loosening characteristics of self-tapped and non-self-tapped cortical bone screws. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 157, 279-286
32. WALLACE, M. K. & BERG, J. (1991) Craniolateral approach to the humerus with transection of the brachialis muscle. Veterinary Surgery 20, 97-99
33. WEBER, B. G. (1985) Duration of external fixation and removal of the external fixator. In: The External Fixator. Eds B.G. Weber and F. Magert, Springer, Berlin, pp 96-99
34. WILLER, R. L., EGGER, E. L. & HISTAND, M. B. (1991) Comparison of stainless steel versus acrylic for the connecting bar of external skeletal fixations. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 27, 541-548