Vacuum-Assisted Closure Combined with a Myocutaneous Flap in the Management of Osteomyelitis in a Dog
Figure 2
Lateral (a) and craniocaudal (b) radiographs of the left tibia. Note that the cerclage wires within the bone are broken with appreciable lucency surrounding the proximal wire. There does not seem to be lucency associated with the intramedullary pin. A large area of remodeled bone is also present on the cranial cortex of the tibia. On the craniocaudal image, between the two cerclage wires, there is an area of lucent bone surrounding a more radiopaque bone suggestive of a sequestrum. The arrows indicate soft tissue swelling and subcutaneous edema surrounding the mid-diaphyseal area. The radiographic interpretation was consistent with osteomyelitis and associated cellulitis.
