Principles of Ortho Journals and FL Flashcards
Camiletti JSAP 2024 - Long-term outcomes of atrophic/ oligotrophic non-unions in dogs and cats treated with autologous iliac corticocancellous bone graft and circular external skeletal fixation: 19 cases (2014-2021)
What % of non-unions healed?
95%
Camiletti JSAP 2024 - Long-term outcomes of atrophic/ oligotrophic non-unions in dogs and cats treated with autologous iliac corticocancellous bone graft and circular external skeletal fixation: 19 cases (2014-2021)
What % of cases had an excellent long term outcome?
What % of cases had a good long term outcome?
78%
16%
Ferrell VS 2019 - Impact of postoperative antibiotics on rates of infection and implant removal after tibial tuberosity advancement in 1768 canine stifles
What was the post-op infection rate?
Did AB admin post-op affect rate of infection?
4.6%
NO
Tuan VS 2019 - Risk of infection after double locking plate and screw fixation of tibial plateau levelling osteotomies in dogs weighing greater than 50 kilograms
What was the SSI %?
17.5%
Nabholz VCOT 2019 - Safety and accuracy of minimally invasive long bone fracture repair using a 2.5mm interlocking nail: a cadaveric feline study
What type of interlocking nail was used (and brand)?
Which is the ONLY bone that the authors recommend its use in?
Inverse locking nail - Targon Vet System
Tibia
Mascellino VCOT 2023 - A Retrospective Short-Term Evaluation Using a Polyaxial Plating System in 60 Small Animal Fractures
Bony union was achieved in what % of cases?
What was the mean time to radiographic union?
100%
6 weeks
Marturello VS 2021 - Clinical application of the small I-Loc interlocking nail in 30 feline fractures: A prospective study
What was the mean medullary canal fill achieved?
What % of cases had open reduction?
Average time to union was?
<50%
75%
7.2 weeks
Yeh JAVMA 2021 - Description of and complications associated with reinforced, free-form external skeletal fixation for treatment of appendicular fractures in cats
What % of cases had complications?
What factors increased risk of complications?
26%
higher body weight, tibial fractures, use of Type 2 fixator, use of destabilisation
Marshall VS 2022 - Delayed union, non-union and mal-union in 442 dogs
What % of dogs had delayed union, non-union and malunion?
List 5 risk factors that increased risk of delayed/non-union
14%, 4.6%, 0.7%
Age, SSI, use of bone graft, comminuted fracture, major implant failure
Reyes JFMA 2019 - Incidence and types of preceding and subsequent fractures in cats with patellar fracture and dental anomaly syndrome
What % of cats had dental abnormalities?
What % of cats had fracture to other bones?
48%
41%
Rubinos JFMS 2022 - Traumatic physeal fractures in cats: a review of 36 cases
What was the most common location for a physeal fracture?
What was the most common type of physeal fracture?
Distal femoral physis
SH type 2
Kaczmarek VCOT 2020 - Mechanical Performance of a Polyaxial Locking Plate (PLS) and the Influence of Screw Angulation in a Fracture Gap Model
What was the main finding?
Polyaxial locking plates were 30% weaker than LCP plates
Marturello VCOT 2021 - Evaluation of a feline bone surrogate and in vitro mechanical comparison of small interlocking nail systems in mediolateral bending
Which of the 3 constructs (I-Loc, LCP, Targon) had the least angular deformation?
I-Loc
Schrock VCOT 2022 - Outcomes and Complications Associated with Acute Gunshot Fractures in Cats and Dogs
What % of cases had a poor fracture outcome? And what was this associated with?
54%
Extensive soft tissue injury
Park VCOT 2022 - Effect of Bidirectional Insertion of External Skeletal Fixation Pins on Axial Pullout Strength in Canine Cadaveric Bone
What type of pins had the greatest pullout strength?
What other significant finding was made?
Positive profile pin
Pins inserted to the desired position had greater pullout strength than those inserted beyond and withdrawn.
Gallaher VS 2019 - Effects of short- and long-term administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on osteotomy healing in dogs
What effect did long term administration of Carprofen (8wk) have on bone healing?
Long-term administration of carprofen (8 weeks) had lower bone healing at 4 & 8 weeks post-op than dogs having none or shorter administration of carprofen.
Thompson VS 2020 - Influence of wire configuration on resistance to fragment distraction of tension bands placed in a greater trochanteric osteotomy model
What is the strongest and most stable configuration?
Double loop wire
Marturello VS 2020 - Mechanical comparison of two small interlocking nails in torsion using a feline bone surrogate
Which IL system was associated with an increased risk of post-explantation iatrogenic fracture?
Targon
Butare-Smith VS 2022 - Double-loop cerclage resists greater loads for more cycles than twist and single-loop cerclage
What was the main mechanism of loosening of the twist knot?
Untwisting
Gremley VS 2023 - The effect of grip location on Kirschner wire bend characteristics: An in vitro study
At what level is it recommended to ‘grip’ the K wire to reduce bend angle and radius?
0.9mm
1.1mm
1.6mm
2cm
3cm
3cm
Berger VS 2023 - The use of subchondral bone topography to approximate the center of rotation of the elbow joint in dogs
How was the COR of the FMCP elbow different to ‘normal’ elbows?
More caudal than normal
Danielski VS 2022 - Complications after proximal abducting ulnar osteotomy and prognostic factors in 66 dogs
What was the overall post-op complication rate?
Major complication rate?
Main complications?
What risk factor was associated with risk of complications?
25%
17.5%
Non-union, implant failure, infection
Bodyweight
Clarke VS 2020 - Effect of sedation or general anaesthesia on elbow goniometry and thoracic limb circumference measurements in dogs with naturally occurring elbow osteoarthritis
How did sedation/GA affect ROM?
Elbow ROM increased by 11 degrees under sedation and 5 degrees under GA
Sasaki VS 2020 - Traumatic medial luxation of the triceps brachii tendon with medial subluxation of the elbow joint in a dog
What surgical technique was utilised?
Surgical correction with antirotational suture & stopper pin + spica splint 12 days post-op
Petkov VS 2019 - Radial torsion in dogs with medial compartment disease
What % of dogs had external radial rotation?
External torsion in 77%
Coghill VCOT 2021 - Mid- to long-term outcome after arthroscopy and proximal abducting ulnar osteotomy versus arthroscopy alone in dogs with medial compartment disease: thirty cases
What was the main finding of this study?
No significant difference in owner-assessed outcome with/without PAUL
Rohwedder VCOT 2021 - Relation of Computed Tomography-Based Static Axial Radioulnar Incongruence Measurements under General Anaesthesia and Dynamic, In Vivo RUI during the Walk in Canine Elbow Joints with and without Medial Coronoid Process Disease
How did the sRUI and dRUI compare between dogs with MCP disease and control population?
Mean sRUI and dRUI greater in dog w. MCP disease
McCarthy VCOT 2020 - Elbow arthrodesis using a medially positioned plate in 6 dogs
What was the major and minor complication rate?
Major - 50%
Minor - 30%
Williams JSAP 2020 - Multi-centre retrospective study of the long-term outcome following suspected traumatic elbow luxation in 32 cats
Which direction of luxation was most common?
What surgery was most commonly performed?
What was the catastrophic, major and minor complication rate?
Lateral
Transcondylar bone tunnels and circumferential suture
3%, 34%, 16%
Von Pfeil VS 2024 - Multi-centre retrospective study of the long-term outcome following suspected traumatic elbow luxation in 32 cats
What was the MAJOR complication rate?
0% NO MAJOR COMPLICATIONS
Scharpf VCOT 2023 - Assessment of Outcome of Arthroscopic Subtotal Coronoidectomy in Treating Medial Coronoid Disease and Effect of Concurrent Autologous Conditioned Plasma in Dogs Using Force Plate Analysis
What was main finding of the study?
No significant difference in force plate analysis between dogs receiving ACP or the placebo
Crystal VCOT 2023 - Effect of Medial Opening Wedge and External Rotational Humeral Osteotomies on Medial Elbow Compartment Pressure: An Ex Vivo Study
What modifications of the medial humeral opening wedge decreased medial compartment load?
Which osteotomy technique resulted in less medial compartment loading?
Osteotomy at 75% length and increasing wedge angle
Opening wedge (c.f. rotational)
Pierrot JAVMA 2023 - Presumed concurrent medial coronoid process fracture is a frequent radiographic finding in dogs and cats with humeral condylar fractures
What % of cases presenting with humeral condylar fractures had a presumed fracture of the MCP?
Size of the presumed fragment was associated with?
48%
Increasing body weight
Danner JAVMA 2024 - Computed tomography-guided cannulated lag screw placement for treatment of ununited anconeal process: surgical technique, clinical outcome, and radiographic healing in 7 dogs
What % had PUO concurrently?
What % achieved full or partial union (and what was the mean age of the dogs)?
62.5%
100% (mean age 14 months)