Volume: 56 Issue: 1
Year: 2025, Page: 184-186, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2025.56.1.184-186
Received: Aug. 7, 2024 Accepted: Dec. 6, 2024 Published: March 31, 2025
A bullmastiff dog was presented with the concern of non-weight bearing lameness of right hindlimb. The condition was diagnosed as fracture of distal tibia. Open reduction followed by internal fixation using Clamp-rod internal fixator (CRIF) was performed under general anaesthesia. Clinical, physiological, haemato-biochemical and radiographic evaluations were conducted at two weeks interval for up to eight weeks. Physiological and haematological values were within normal range but level of serum alkaline phosphatase was elevated preoperatively, which gradually decreased to normal by eighth postoperative week. Grades of lameness, weight bearing and functional usage of limb returned to prefracture levels by fourth postoperative week itself. Cortical union was noticed by sixth postoperative week with minimum amount of periosteal and endosteal callus. The fracture healed without any complications or fracture diseases.
Keywords: Fracture, Tibia,CRIF,Cortical union
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