Table 2.
Bone injured and mode of failure in 39 fracture constructs in 37 dogs and cats.
| Mode of Failure | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone | Plate Failure | Implant Loosening | Screw Failure | Pin/wire Failure | Total |
| Radius/ulna | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Humerus | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |
| Metatarsus | 1 | 1 | |||
| Tibia | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| Fibula | 2 | 2 | |||
| Femur | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Pelvis | 2 | 2 | |||
| Total | 11 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 39 |