The Advanced Locking Plate System (ALPS): Complex Cases - Kyon

74 Pages·2013·9.13 MB·English

by  Phillips Stearns

The Advanced Locking
Plate System (ALPS):
Complex Cases
Randy J. Boudrieau DVM, Diplomate ACVS, ECVS
Professor of Surgery
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Tufts University
Indications for Locking Plates?
Although locking plates have been used
in numerous locales
… definitive recommended use in
humans remains:
Periarticular fractures, periprosthetic
fractures and osteoporotic bone
• 
Veterinary surgery?
– 
Periarticular and periprosthetic fractures
Gavril Ilizarov
Prof. Ilizarov’s presentations
consisted of hundreds of slides
and only two words: “Aparat/
Resultat.”
Kyon
(Research & Development)
• 
“Aparat/Resultat”
–  In essence means:
–  The correct apparatus yields the desired
outcome
•  Has become the KYON mission
Indications
• 
Long-bone fracture
• 
Corrective osteotomy
• 
Craniomaxillofacial
Long-bone Fracture Repair
• 
Standard diaphyseal fracture repair?
• 
Periarticular fracture repair
• 
Periprosthetic fracture repair
1 yr F Gordon Setter – pre-op
Distal femoral fracture
PO 7 wk PO
APARAT RUSULTAT
6 mo PO
RUSULTAT
1 yr MC Mix 28 kg
Segmental fracture