TY - JOUR ID - 165313 TI - A retrospective study of fracture cases managed in the veterinary teaching hospital; 181 cases (2014-2018) JO - Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences JA - IJVS LA - en SN - 1607-3894 AU - Muhamad, Sozan Ali AU - Ali, Othman Jalal AU - Abbas, Bahjat Taifor AU - Marif, Hardi Fattah AU - Sleman, Rizgar Rahim AU - Ali, Brwa Mhamed AU - Raza, Dekan Ali AU - Hama Ali, Harem Habeel AU - Ali, Gashaw Mustafa AD - Department of Surgery and Theriogenology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani; Sulaimani-Iraq AD - Department of Surgery and Theriogenology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Iraq AD - Department of Clinic and Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani; Sulaimani-Iraq Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 35 IS - 1 SP - 23 EP - 31 KW - Bone KW - Dog KW - Cat KW - Birds KW - Fracture DO - 10.33899/ijvs.2020.126228.1266 N2 - The aim of the study to evaluate 181 cases of different types of fractures in age and sex of the different breeds that were admitted to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, over the years 2014 -2018. From a total of 734 clinical cases, 181 were diagnosed as fractures. From cases, dogs represented 49.72% (90/181), whereas cats represent 18.23% (33/181) and birds represented 22.09% (40/ 181). The etiology of the fractures multifactorial, but car accidents represented the main cause of fractures particularly in dogs. Femoral fractures were reported as the most prevalent types of fractures that represented 26.51% (48/181), followed by fractures in radius-ulna 19.33% (35/181), tibia-fibula 13.81% (25/181) and the pelvis 9.94% (18/181). All the cases were diagnosed on the bases of case history, clinical signs, physical examination and finally confirmed by using digital X-ray which offered an excellent scope and contrast than the traditional method. From a total of 181 cases, 6 cases were found hopeless, 45 cases underwent surgical internal fixation and the remaining 130 cases were fixed by external coaptation. Internal fixations were found to be very convenient and without any difficulties, on the contrary to the cases with external cooptation were not. We recorded postoperative inflammation in 4 cases, as well as mal-union was recorded in 5 cases and incomplete alignment in 2 cases was found. We concluded that fractures in pet animals are common in Sulaimani province, which must be considered, and the best-employed methods of fracture repair were the internal fixation techniques, particularly intramedullary pinning. The aim of the study to evaluate 181 cases of different types of fractures in age and sex of the different breeds that were admitted to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sulaimani, over the years 2014 -2018. From a total of 734 clinical cases, 181 were diagnosed as fractures. From cases, dogs represented 49.72% (90/181), whereas cats represent 18.23% (33/181) and birds represented 22.09% (40/ 181). The etiology of the fractures multifactorial, but car accidents represented the main cause of fractures particularly in dogs. Femoral fractures were reported as the most prevalent types of fractures that represented 26.51% (48/181), followed by fractures in radius-ulna 19.33% (35/181), tibia-fibula 13.81% (25/181) and the pelvis 9.94% (18/181). All the cases were diagnosed on the bases of case history, clinical signs, physical examination and finally confirmed by using digital X-ray which offered an excellent scope and contrast than the traditional method. From a total of 181 cases, 6 cases were found hopeless, 45 cases underwent surgical internal fixation and the remaining 130 cases were fixed by external coaptation. Internal fixations were found to be very convenient and without any difficulties, on the contrary to the cases with external cooptation were not. We recorded postoperative inflammation in 4 cases, as well as mal-union was recorded in 5 cases and incomplete alignment in 2 cases was found. We concluded that fractures in pet animals are common in Sulaimani province, which must be considered, and the best-employed methods of fracture repair were the internal fixation techniques, particularly intramedullary pinning.   UR - https://www.vetmedmosul.com/article_165313.html L1 - https://www.vetmedmosul.com/article_165313_e1d6b5ede94ea1fa2e9bc27bed4ba8cd.pdf ER -