Prevalence of long bone fracture in dogs at veterinary clinic in Can Tho city

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of treatment for long bone
fractures in dogs after surgery by intramedullary pins technique. The total number of surveyed
dogs included 11 dogs with long bone fractures, of which 7 dogs had femur fractures (63.63%)
and 4 dogs with forearm fractures (36.36%). All of these long bone fractures were closed fractures
and on diaphysis of long bones. The rate of long bone fractures in dogs did not depend on age,
breed, sex and causes. Transverse fracture accounted for the highest fracture rate (45.45%) and
there were no cases of the comminuted fracture and segmental fracture. Evaluation of the results
of the intramedullary pins method based on movement and bone healing time by radiographic
(Johnson et al., 2005) on days 7, 14, 30 and 90 days after surgery, showed that movement and
healing of the femur was better than healing of the forearm fracture. However, the average wound
healing duration of femur fracture (9.14 days) longer than forearm fracture (8 days).