04/03/2025
Sometimes we have the opportunity to help with cool cases using cutting edge technology and the expertise of some exceptional colleagues.
This small dog had a marked angular limb deformity of the radius and ulna bones on a front leg, leading to marked increase in valgus and torsional change. After obtaining a computed tomography/CT, we collaborated with and Dr. Petrovsky to both model the correction, and use 3D printing to assist in surgery.
Pre-surgery, we were able to study the current and post-correction bone models, pre-contour our bone plate (2.4mm bridging locking compression via ) and map out the accurate position for a custom made cutting guide. This guide facilitates creating a perfect cut, wedge ostectomy. Following reduction, a second reduction guide was placed over the K-wires to hold the bone exactly in place while plating.
The end result is a perfectly corrected radius with excellent limb alignment, that heals over the next 8-12 weeks.
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