Treatment of extremity fractures in 20 wild birds with a modified Meynard external fixator and clinical assessment of the results

K Gerbaga Ozsemir and K Altunatmaz
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K Gerbaga Ozsemir: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University - Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
K Altunatmaz: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University - Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey

Veterinární medicína, 2021, vol. 66, issue 6, 257-265

Abstract: The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of the treatment on twenty wild birds presenting with fractures that were stabilised with modified Meynard external fixators. The study material consisted of a total of twenty birds of eight different species, six white storks (Ciconia ciconia), one eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca), one European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), one long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus), three common buzzard (Buteo buteo), one northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), one Armenian gull (Larus armenicus), and six yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis), which were diagnosed with fractures in their extremity bones following clinical and radiological examinations. The lesions of the twenty cases evaluated in the study were diagnosed as humerus fractures in nine cases, ulna fractures in three cases, tibiotarsus fractures in seven cases and a femur fracture in one case. The external fixators were removed between weeks five and nine postoperatively. While healing was seen in twelve of the twenty evaluated cases, the complete functional recovery occurred in six of these and they were released into nature. It was concluded that modified Meynard external fixator, which was made applicable for fractures in birds, could be an alternative method for fracture treatments in wild birds.

Keywords: avian; fracture assessment; orthopedic surgery; osteosynthesis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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