CC BY 4.0 · VCOT Open 2019; 02(02): e9-e15
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-1692974
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Post-Traumatic Septic Bone Sequestration in Three Dogs

Graham Hayes
1   Kentdale Veterinary Orthopaedics, Unit 2B Moss End Business Village, Crooklands, Cumbria, United Kingdom
,
Karen Harris
2   Southern Counties Veterinary Specialists, Unit 6 Forest Corner Farm, Hangersley, Ringwood, Hampshire, United Kingdom
,
Sorrel Langley-Hobbs
3   Langford Veterinary Services, University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol, United Kingdom
› Author Affiliations
Funding None.
Further Information

Publication History

30 January 2019

16 May 2019

Publication Date:
17 July 2019 (online)

Abstract

Formation of discreet bony sequestra is reported in three dogs presenting with post-traumatic osteomyelitis with no previous history of orthopaedic surgery. Two cases had a presumed or confirmed history of dog bites, while the third case had a fracture treated conservatively. All three were treated with surgical debridement and sequestrectomy with good outcome.

Author Contribution

Sorrel Langley-Hobbs and Graham Hayes contributed the case material for this manuscript. All authors contributed to the drafting and revision of the manuscript.


 
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