Ozsemir Kubra Gerbaga, Altunatmaz Kemal
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University - Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey.
Vet Med (Praha). 2021 May 3;66(6):257-265. doi: 10.17221/5/2020-VETMED. eCollection 2021 Jun.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the outcome of the treatment on twenty wild birds presenting with fractures that were stabilised with modified Meynard external fixators. The study material consisted of a total of twenty birds of eight different species, six white storks (), one eastern imperial eagle (), one European honey buzzard (), one long-legged buzzard (), three common buzzard (), one northern goshawk (), one Armenian gull (), and six yellow-legged gulls () which were diagnosed with fractures in their extremity bones following clinical and radiological examinations. The lesions of the twenty cases evaluated in the study were diagnosed as humerus fractures in nine cases, ulna fractures in three cases, tibiotarsus fractures in seven cases and a femur fracture in one case. The external fixators were removed between weeks five and nine postoperatively. While healing was seen in twelve of the twenty evaluated cases, the complete functional recovery occurred in six of these and they were released into nature. It was concluded that modified Meynard external fixator, which was made applicable for fractures in birds, could be an alternative method for fracture treatments in wild birds.
本研究的目的是评估对20只出现骨折并使用改良梅纳尔外固定器进行固定的野生鸟类的治疗结果。研究材料总共包括8个不同物种的20只鸟，6只白鹳、1只东方白背兀鹫、1只欧洲蜂鹰、1只长腿兀鹫、3只普通兀鹫、1只苍鹰、1只亚美尼亚鸥和6只黄腿鸥，这些鸟经临床和放射学检查后被诊断为四肢骨骼骨折。本研究评估的20例病例中，损伤诊断为肱骨骨折9例、尺骨骨折3例、胫跗骨骨折7例、股骨骨折1例。术后第5至9周拆除外固定器。在评估的20例病例中，有12例出现愈合，其中6例完全恢复功能并放归自然。得出的结论是，适用于鸟类骨折的改良梅纳尔外固定器可以作为野生鸟类骨折治疗的一种替代方法。
