Limb Sparing Using a Double Bone‐Transport Technique for Treatment of a Distal Tibial Osteosarcoma in a Dog

Abstract

To our knowledge, the double transport technique has not been previously described in the veterinary literature. In this dog, this technique decreased the duration of treatment compared with a conventional single-segment transport technique.

Treatment of Segmental Tibial Defects Using Acute Bone Shortening Followed by Gradual Lengthening with Circular External Fixator

“…It consists in the development of a bone fragment, which is gradually moved by slow intermittent traction across the defect, until contact with the opposing bone fragment (docking site) is made (Cattaneo et al., 1992). In general, bone transport is reserved for large deficits (Lesser, 1994; Saleh and Rees, 1995; Stallings et al., 1998; Ehrhart et al., 2002; Rovesti et al., 2002). Bone shortening followed by lengthening is simpler than bone transport.…”

Pasteurized tumoral autograft and adjuvant chemotherapy for the treatment of canine distal radial osteosarcoma: 13 cases

“…Consequently, several limb‐sparing techniques have been described, mostly for distal radial OSA. These techniques include use of fresh‐frozen cortical bone allografts from a bone bank 5‐7 or application of a modified Ilizarov apparatus to facilitate bone regeneration 11,12 …”

“…These techniques include use of freshfrozen cortical bone allografts from a bone bank [5][6][7] or application of a modified Ilizarov apparatus to facilitate bone regeneration. 11,12 A novel procedure, using an autograft derived from the excised tumoral bone and pasteurized to kill tumoral cells, has been reported. 13 Our purpose was to report outcome in 13 dogs (including a previously reported case 13 ) with distal radial OSA treated by limb sparing using a pasteurized autograft and adjuvant chemotherapy.…”

Ulnocarpal arthrodesis in a cat

“…Grafting techniques (Lesser 1994, Szentimrey and Fowler 1994, Szentimrey and others 1995, Kirpensteijn and others 1998, Kuntz and others 1998, Morello and others 2001, Seguin and others 2003, Pooya and others 2004) are unsuitable when the extent of the bone deficit exceeds 50 per cent of the total length of the bone, owing to the difficulty in achieving a rigid stabilisation of the graft (Denny and Barr 1991, Simpson and Goldsmid 1994, Li and others 1999, Morello and others 2001). Distraction osteogenesis entails the use of circular, external skeletal fixators (Langley‐Hobbs and others 1996, Lewis and others 1999, Degna and others 2000, Rovesti and others 2002, Rahal and others 2005), but this was inapplicable in our case, given the extent of the bone deficit and lack of distal bone stock. To treat severe bone deficits in the proximal ulna in human patients, transfer of the proximal radius (pro‐ulna radius) has been described (Rydholm 1987, Toni and others 1988, Alnot and others 1999).…”