Objective The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for refracture after radial union in small-breed dogs.
Study Design In our retrospective study, medical records of radial–ulnar fracture cases in small dogs treated with plates and screws were reviewed. General information and postoperative course (days until confirmed radial fracture healing, with or without ulnar union, time to final follow-up, with or without plate removal and refracture) were recorded. The fracture line location, screw positions, radial thickness and width, and pixel values throughout the postoperative periods were obtained from the radiographs. The affected limbs were classified into non-plate removal (P) and plate removal (R) groups.
Norihiro Muroi , Nobuo Kanno , Yasuji Harada , Yasushi Hara
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