Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1995; 08(01): 66-69
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632430
Case Report
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Salter-Harris Type III Fracture of the Proximal Humerus in a Dog

L. M. Dejardin
1   From the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
,
R. L. Bennett
1   From the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
,
G. L. Flo
1   From the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Received for publication 10 August 1994

Publication Date:
09 February 2018 (online)

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This case report describes a Salter-Harris type III fracture of the proximal humerus in a seven-month-old dog. The humeral head was a completely free fragment and was reim-planted as massive osteochondral autograft. Treatment and comparison with similar fracture in human are discussed.