Jaqueline França dos Santos

Uso do Clamp and Rod Internal Fixation pedicular na estabilização da coluna lombossacra em felino: relato de caso

The aim was to report the establishment of a seventh lumbar vertebra fracture (L7), the first described so far, with L7 -S1 luxation through pedicle fixation using Clamp and Rod Internal Fixation (CRIF) on a cat. A 1 year old male mongrel feline was attended with a history of being hit by car seven days prior, with no ambulatory paraparesis secondary to fracture of the seventh lumbar vertebrae and compression of the cauda equina. After general evaluation of the patient, the next day, the patient was submitted to decompressive surgery through dorsal laminectomy and posterior pedicle stabilization between L7 and S1 using CRIF bilaterally. The patient presented a favorable outcome with normal ambulation after 15 days of surgery.

Fratura proximal de tíbia após cirurgia extracapsular para correção de ruptura de ligamento cruzado cranial em cão

Cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CCLR) is one of the most common orthopedic diseases in dogs and extracapsular suture with nylon is often used for its correction. This technique may be associated with incisional complications, post-surgical meniscus injury, swelling associated with suture material and infection. The objective of this study is to report a tibial fracture in a dog, caused by complications after an extracapsular suture for the repair of CCLR. An adult dog, which suffered a tibial fracture after an extracapsular fixation for a CCLR, underwent surgery for the fixation of the fracture with a 2.0mm plate, by a referring veterinarian, but the implant failed. The plate was removed and the fracture was stabilized with a circular fixator. Bone consolidation was observed after 120 days.