Femoral

Question 1

Vedrine and Gerard, VCOT, 2018:
Veterinary cuttable plate + IM pin in cats
Range of IM pin sizes used?
Median number of cortices engaged per fragment?
What % of screws were bicortical?
Functional outcome?

Answer 1

Vedrine and Gerard, VCOT, 2018:
55% of the cats had an IM pin that occupied 40% of the medullary canal, and 45% of the cats had an IM pin that occupied 53% of the medullary canal
Median number of cortices engaged per fragment: 6 - the high amount of screw holes per unit length of a veterinary cuttable plate allowed bicortical screw placement without interfering with the IM rod
99% of the screws were bicortical
85% full functional outcome, 10% acceptable functional outcome, 5% unacceptable functional outcome