Introduction

• Screws can be used alone or in combination with a plate Bone: internal fixation - plates or wire Bone: internal fixation - wires to provide infragmentary stabilization.

Types

Equipment

Instruments

Applications

Screw removal

Further Reading

Publications

Refereed papers

• Recent references from PetMed and VetMedResource.
• Levine D G & Richardson D W (2007) Clinical use of the locking compression plate (LCP) in horses: a retrospective study of 31 cases (2004–2006). Equine Vet J 39 (5), 401-406 PubMed.
• Richardson D W (2008) Less Invasive Techniques for Equine Fracture Repair and Arthrodesis. Vet Clin North Am Eq Pract 24 (1), 177-189 PetMed.

Other sources of information

• Auer J A (2012) Principles of Fracture Treatment. In: Equine Surgery. Eds: Auer J A & Stick J A. 4th edn. Elsevier, USA. pp 1047-1081.
• Fackelman G E, Auer J A & Nunamaker DM (2000) Eds. AO Principles of Equine Osteosynthesis. Thieme, Germany.
• Nixon A J (1996) Ed. Equine Fracture Repair. W B Saunders, USA.

Organization(s)

• AO Vet, Winterthurerstrasse 260, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland. Website: https://www.aofoundation.org.