Fracture Fixation and Implants

Excellent outcomes can be achieved following the repair of coccygeal vertebral fractures in dogs using internal fixation.
Surgeons should feel confident using the Form 3B printer to create patient surgical guides.
Locking plates are associated with implant failure if plate bending stiffness is not sufficient
The combination of circumferential and figure-of-eight techniques with FiberWire is more resistant to displacement.
Oral gabapentin at the dose and frequency studied did not improve subjective or objective outcome measures.