Cat with tarsal/metatarsal fracture dislocation

RE: Cat with tarsal/metatarsal fracture dislocation

Gillian Mostyn — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:56:57 GMT

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[quote user="Robin Grimmer"]Are those fingers at the top of the x ray?[/quote]You've got some odd fingers Robin! Its the toes of the other paw.

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Oops, I beg your pardon!

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I thought it looked like a hand holding the tail too....still can't imagine how the other foot got to that angle though!

RE: Cat with tarsal/metatarsal fracture dislocation

Robin Grimmer — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 12:06:52 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]

[quote user="Robin Grimmer"]Are those fingers at the top of the x ray?[/quote]You've got some odd fingers Robin! Its the toes of the other paw.

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Oops, I beg your pardon!

RE: Cat with tarsal/metatarsal fracture dislocation

Martin Atkinson — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 11:56:55 GMT

[quote user="Robin Grimmer"]Are those fingers at the top of the x ray?[/quote]You've got some odd fingers Robin! Its the toes of the other paw.

RE: Cat with tarsal/metatarsal fracture dislocation

Robin Grimmer — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:56:23 GMT

Are those fingers at the top of the x ray?

RE: Cat with tarsal/metatarsal fracture dislocation

Will McMullan — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:48:00 GMT

I have treated one of these conservatively with great success. I was reluctant to but the owners had even less money than those in the OP so we just bandaged it with a splint and cage rested it, and it did well! I have also done the same with what I thought (owners couldn't even afford radiographs) was a complete disruption of both collaterals of the hock in a cat. The distal limb was moving in crazy directions at the level of the hock, and is now totally normal. IIRC that one didn't even get bandaged for too long, I think it was just cage rested.

RE: Cat with tarsal/metatarsal fracture dislocation

Eamon McAllister — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:35:22 GMT

I would have thought that you could arthrodese this and fix it with crossed k wires ( maybe with figure of "8" wires attached to the ends ) for about £1k. We need Malcolm Ness back on here!