Use of a hybrid external skeletal fixator construct for managing tibial tuberosity avulsion fractures in three dogs

CASE DESCRIPTION 3 juvenile (4 to 5 months of age) medium- to large-breed or crossbred dogs were evaluated for sudden unilateral non–weight-bearing lameness in a pelvic limb after a fall during strenuous activity. CLINICAL FINDINGS All dogs had non–weight-bearing lameness (n = 2) or bore minimal weight (1) on the affected pelvic limb, had soft tissue swelling over the cranial aspect of the stifle joint in the affected limb, seemed to resist...