Efeitos do ultra-som de baixa intensidade sobre a consolidação óssea em fraturas de ossos longos (rádio e ulna, fêmur, tíbia e fíbula) em cães (Canis familiaris) / Low-intensity ultrasound effects on the healing of long bone fractures (radius and ulna, femur, tibia and fibula) in dogs (Canis familiaris)

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2003

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This research had the purpose of investigating the clinical effects of low-intensity ultrasound on the healing of long bone fractures (radius and ulna, femur, tibia and fibula) in dogs. Twenty-nine dogs of different breeds were included in this study, being 17 females and 12 males, with ages ranging from six to 72 months, and weight from 2.3 to 43 kg. These animals presented a clinical history of recent long bone fractures (radius and ulna, femur, tibia and fibula), and underwent osteosynthesis procedures (intramedullary pins, external skeletal fixation or the association of both). All of the animals originated from three different veterinary hospitals. One of the dogs presented bilateral tibial fracture, encompassing a total of 30 fractures in such group. The animals were divided into three groups, according to the fracture site: GI; (radius and ulna), GII (femur), and GIII (tibia and fibula). The treatment with pulsed low-intensity ultrasound (30 mW/cm2 , for 20 minutes, for 21 consecutive days) was performed on 12 dogs, using 17 animals as a control group. All patients were evaluated through physical and radiographic examination before surgery, immediately on the postoperative, and after 30 and 60 days from the osteosynthesis. Postoperative and follow-up radiographs were examined for periosteal reaction, cortical bridging, fracture line and callus. The non-parametric bilateral Mann-Whitney Test was used to investigate the radiographic findings in the group undergoing treatment and in the control group. There were no significant statistical differences between them. In spite of these statistical results, most of the fractures treated with pulsed low-intensity ultrasound showed clinical and radiographic signs of bone healing in progress. According to these results, pulsed low-intensity ultrasound can be indicated as an adjunctive treatment for recent long bone fractures (radius and ulna, femur, tibia and fibula) in dogs.

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bone healing fractures cães terapia ultra-sônica consolidação óssea fraturas dogs ultrasound therapy

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