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  • Title: Repair of a proximal diaphyseal femoral fracture in a calf, using intramedullary pinning, cerclage wiring, and external fixation.
    Author: St-Jean G, DeBowes RM, Rashmir AM, Engelken TJ.
    Journal: J Am Vet Med Assoc; 1992 Jun 01; 200(11):1701-3. PubMed ID: 1624351.
    Abstract:
    Repair of a comminuted, spiral oblique, proximal diaphyseal femoral fracture in a 7-day-old calf was achieved by use of an intramedullary pin, cerclage wires, and external fixator. Six stainless steel wires were used for full cerclage to secure a long butterfly fragment and multiple incomplete and complete nondisplaced fragments to the femur in order to create 2 principal fragments. Axial alignment and resistance to bending was provided by a round, double-pointed, end-threaded intramedullary pin (6.35 mm in diameter), which was inserted in a retrograde fashion. A type-1, double-connecting-bar external fixator, using 4 round pins (4.8 mm in diameter), was used to provide supplemental stabilization against shear and torsional forces. At 45 days after surgery, healing at the fracture site was seen on radiography of the limb, and the external fixator was removed. Eight months after surgery, the calf had a normal gait.
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