Tratamento de osteomielite pós-traumática em cão - relato de caso

Abstract

Post-traumatic osteomyelitis is an infection in the bone after trauma or surgery. Occurs when the infection spreading from the adjacent soft tissue wound, in the presence of open fractures, or by a failure in aseptic surgical technique, even due to the interference of the animal.Fractures and unstable implants perpetuate an enabling environment osteomyelitis. The treatment of post-traumatic osteomyelitis involves the handling of tissues and appropriate antibiotics. Bone defects are filled with graft. This study reports the case of a dog breed Great Dane to the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal University of Minas Gerais with post-traumatic osteomyelitis of the tibia and fibula, due to collapse of fracture fixation associated with wound dehiscence and infection.