Triple pelvic osteotomy for the treatment of pelvic canal stenosis in a cat
- Resource Type
- Authors
- J. F. Ferguson
- Source
- Journal of Small Animal Practice. 37:495-498
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Cat Diseases
Osteotomy
Right ilium
Bone plate
Animals
Medicine
Malunion
Pelvic Bones
Small Animals
Domestic shorthaired cat
business.industry
Anatomy
medicine.disease
Internal Fixators
Surgery
Radiography
body regions
Stenosis
Cats
Pelvic fracture
Female
Bone Diseases
business
Pelvic osteotomy
- Language
- ISSN
- 1748-5827
0022-4510
A mature female domestic shorthaired cat with obstipation as a result of pelvic canal narrowing due to a pelvic fracture malunion was treated by triple pelvic osteotomy to widen the canal. The right hemipelvis was moved laterally and a modified bone plate was applied to the right ilium. A mild lick dermatitis occurred over the dorsum of the hind paw seven days postoperatively but resolved without treatment. The cat made an uneventful recovery without recurrence of the obstipation.