CLINICAL EXPERIENCE ON SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF LONG BONE FRACTURES

Long bone fractures is a common surgical problem in small animal practice. This work was done on A dogs presented to Surgery Department, Faculty of vet. Medicine, Cairo University with different types of long bone fracture to assess the different direct internal fixation methods adopted for them. These method includes intramedullary bone pinning (single or multiple) and Dynamic Compression Plate. it was found that pinning was found to be the cheapest and the best method in stablizing fractures while plating, cerclage wire and / or lag screw were found to be effective in dealing with comminuted fractures.