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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1995; 08(03): 159-162
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632448
Case Report
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Compensatory Tibial Overgrowth Following Healing of Closed Femoral Fractures in Young Dogs

L. Schaefer Susan
1   From the Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin
2   Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
,
K. A. Johnson
1   From the Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin
,
R. T. O’Brien
1   From the Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin
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Received for publication 10 November 1993

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10 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

Two young dogs examined for hindlimb lameness were found to have healed femoral fractures, 2-4 cm of femoral shortening, and 1 cm of compensatory ipsilateral tibial overgrowth. Neither dog had had surgery or internal fixation. Although tibial overgrowth partially corrected for limb shortening, both dogs had chronic intermittent lameness due to malformation of the femoral condyles and secondary stifle osteoarthritis.

Compensatory tibial overgrowth was found in two young dogs with femoral fractures which had healed without any surgical reduction or internal fixation. Tibial overgrowth of approximately 1 cm in each case partially compensated for 2-4 cm of femoral shortening.

Keywords

Femoral shortening - Compensatory tibial overgrowth
 

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