Bipedicled grafts are used in veterinary medicine as one of the options for the practice of reconstructive surgery, especially in distal limb regions, where wound cooptation is more difficult. The present study aims to report the use of bipedicled graft for the closure of a skin lesion with...

A 11 month-old Shihtzu was referred to the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Seoul National University, Korea Republic. Clinical signs of this patient were lameness, shortening limb, angular deformity, rotation of foot, subluxation of elbow joint and restricted range of movement of left...

Premature closure of a growth plate can result in angular deformity, limb shortening, or both. The condition, particularly in the distal radius and ulna, is not uncommon in dogs; the distal ulnar physis is commonly affected. Causes of premature closure may include growth plate trauma, abnormal...

This is a case report about a traumatic radius curvus on a four months old Australian Shepherd. A radius curvus is an angular limb deformity on the radius, consecutive to an uneven growth of the radius and the ulna, usually secondary to a trauma with an early closure of the distal ulnar growth ...

The study was conducted to determine the incidence of premature closure of the distal ulnar growth plate in relation to breed, age, sex and limbs involved in dogs. Clinical cases with angular limb deformities of one or both forelegs secondary to premature ulnar physeal closure presented to the...

Dwarfism phenotypes occur in many species and may be caused by genetic or environmental factors. In this study, we investigated a family of nine Dogo Argentino dogs, in which two dogs were affected by disproportionate dwarfism. Radiographs of an affected dog revealed a decreased level of...

A retrospective study (15 years) on the frequency of traumatic premature closure of the growth plates in the canine radius and ulna showed that 48 cases had been registered at the Norwegian college of veterinary medicine. Based on radiographic findings, growth deformity of the radius and ulna was...

Radial deformities due to premature partial or complete stop of the radius growth are less frequently recorded than radial deformities due to ulna alterations but they also lead to an exaggerated antebrachial angulation, elbow subluxation and to locomotion difficulties, sometimes severe. A female,...

In a retrospective study in 386 dogs with 405 fractures of the radius and ulna before skeletal maturity, growth plate injury occurred in 9%. The most common combination of growth plate injury in the two bones was Salter type I/type I. Only type I and type II were observed in the distal radius. In...

Pre-treatment conditions, treatment prospects and post-treatment results were evaluated at the Istanbul University Small Animal Clinic between 1985 and 1988 in 122 dogs with orthopaedic lesions to the antebrachial region. Fractures were identified in 80 cases, abnormality in the growth plate in 40, ...