A red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) was presented with a right midshaft compression fracture of the humerus. The fracture was partially healed, but with significant loss in bone length. This report describes a technique for harvesting autogenous callus, which was utilized with tie-in fixation to reconstruct architecture to repair a cortical defect. This procedure restored the functional length of the humerus.
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1 December 2001
Autogenous Callus for Repair of a Humeral Cortical Defect in a Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Richard Jones,
Patrick T. Redig
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Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Vol. 15 • No. 4
December 2001
Vol. 15 • No. 4
December 2001
autogenous callus
Avian
Buteo jamaicensis
fracture repair
grafting
humerus
red-tailed hawk