Treatment of Compound fracture of tibia in dog using Circular external skeletal fixator (CEF)

Fracture of Radius- ulna and Tibia- fibula is more common in dogs. Road traffic accidents are the principal cause of compound and complicated fractures of these bones in canines due to less soft tissue coverage around these bones (Phillips,1979). The circular external skeletal fixators has created interest in the area of small animal orthopaedics because of some limitations of conventional surgical methods. Internal fixation using implant is not preferred in compound fractures with sepsis. External skeletal fixation is preferred in fresh as well infected compound fractures (Marcellin-Little, 1999).This report describes the treatment of compound fracture of tibia-fibula using ring fixators.