Biomechanical evaluation of the influence of an intramedullary pin on the stability of a feline ilial fracture model stabilized with a bone plate.

Objective: To compare the mechanical properties of feline ilial fractures stabilized with either a plate (P), or a plate and IM pin (P + P).

Study Design: Mechanical study.

Sample Population: Cadaveric cat pelvii (n = 10).

Use of an extracapsular stabilization technique to repair cruciate ligament ruptures in two avian species.

An extracapsular stabilization technique was used to repair cruciate ligament ruptures in a trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) and an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus). The hornbill demonstrated cranial drawer motion and severe rotational instability of the stifle from ruptures of the cranial and caudal cruciate ligaments and stifle joint capsule. The luxation was reduced, and the fibula was cranially transposed, in relation to the tibiotarsus, and anchored with 2 positive profile threaded acrylic pins.

Biomechanical comparison of dual interlocking single loop and double loop tension band techniques to the classic AO tension band technique for repair of olecranon osteotomies in dogs.

Objective: To compare olecranon fragment stability between the classic tension band wire (TBW) technique with the wire placed either in contact with (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen [AO]), or not in contact with, a Kirschner (K)-wire (AOW) to 2 novel wire patterns: a dual interlocking single loop (DISL) and a double loop (DL).

Study Design: Ex vivo mechanical evaluation on cadaveric bones.

Sample Population: Canine ulnae (n=40) with olecranon osteotomies repaired with 2 K-wires and 1 of 4 TBW constructs.

Wound healing in the veterinary rehabilitation patient.

Wound healing is a biologically complex cascade of predictable overlap-ping events and is a natural restorative response to tissue injury. The biologic process for wound healing is the same for all wounds, although the specific mechanisms may vary. This article reviews the wound heal-ing process, discussing factors that may delay normal healing progression and potential modalities and treatments to aid healing.