Surgical Plating of a Fractured Radius and Ulna in a Wild Canada Lynx

K. G. Poole; B. T. Elkin; T. Pisz; K. E. Elkin; D. Robertson; M. L. Sabourin

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.365

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1 April 1998 Surgical Plating of a Fractured Radius and Ulna in a Wild Canada Lynx

K. G. Poole, B. T. Elkin, T. Pisz, K. E. Elkin, D. Robertson, M. L. Sabourin

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 34(2):365-368 (1998). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.365

Abstract

A free-ranging, adult male Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) experienced a closed, complete, non-comminuted transverse fracture of the left radius and ulna when captured in a leg snare. A dynamic compression plate (DCP) attached to the anterior surface of the radius was used to stabilize the fracture. Radiographs 44 days post-surgery indicated advanced primary bone healing. The lynx was released 46 days post-surgery near the site of capture. Radiotelemetry indicated long-term survival and movements similar to other males monitored during the same period.

Poole, Elkin, Pisz, Elkin, Robertson, and Sabourin: Surgical Plating of a Fractured Radius and Ulna in a Wild Canada Lynx

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K. G. Poole, B. T. Elkin, T. Pisz, K. E. Elkin, D. Robertson, and M. L. Sabourin "Surgical Plating of a Fractured Radius and Ulna in a Wild Canada Lynx," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(2), 365-368, (1 April 1998). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-34.2.365

Received: 24 March 1997; Published: 1 April 1998

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