Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2013; 26(06): 505-509
DOI: 10.3415/VCOT-13-01-0006
Case Report
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Orthogonal bone plate stabilization for limb-sparing surgery

A. Renwick
1   Willows Referral Service, Shirley, Solihull, UK
2   Current address: East Neuk Veterinary Clinic, Netherton Estate, St Monans, Anstruther, UK
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E Scurrell
3   CytoPath Ltd., Ledbury, Herefordshire, UK
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Publication History

Received: 09 January 2013

Accepted: 12 August 2013

Publication Date:
04 January 2018 (online)

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Summary

This report describes limb-sparing surgery in a 35 kg, six-year-old Hungarian Vizsla with a distal radial lytic bone lesion. Preoperative biopsy had suggested a bone cyst, however histopathology on the excised bone segment was indicative of an osteosarcoma. Following excision of the tumour, the bone defect was filled with a composite bone graft and stabilized with a custom-made dorsal 3.5/2.7 mm pancarpal arthrodesis plate and an orthogonally positioned medial 2.7 mm compression plate. This technique has not previously been described for limb-sparing procedures. No complications were encountered, and despite the owners declining adjunctive chemotherapy, the dog was alive 34 months postoperatively with near normal limb function.