🔍 Key Findings
- FGPP (fluoroscopic-guided percutaneous pinning) resulted in successful healing in 10/13 fractures, with good limb function.
- Complications occurred in 5 of 11 cases, including intra-articular implants, malunion, implant failure/nonunion, and implant migration.
- Cases with delayed surgery (>15 days) or radiographic remodeling were more likely to experience major complications.
- Most fractures (10/13) were classified as Salter-Harris type I with mild displacement.
- Median surgical time was 60 minutes, and no conversions to open surgery were needed.
- Postoperative femoral neck resorption was minimal, suggesting possible benefits of the minimally invasive approach for preserving vascular supply.
- One intra-articular pin led to progressive joint disease and required femoral head ostectomy.
- FGPP appears best suited for acute, minimally displaced fractures in young dogs (<8 months) with planned elective explant to avoid growth disturbance.
