Chemotherapy
Surgery
County Animal Hospital LTD.
14020 Manchester Road
Manchester, MO 63011
Email: Contact@countyanimalhosp.com
Trainer@countyanimalhosp.com
Located in West St. Louis County behind McDonald’s restaurant at Weidman Road
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Open late and on weekends to better serve you!
| Monday | 8am - 8pm |
| Tuesday | 8am - 6pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 6pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 8pm |
| Friday | 8am - 6pm |
| Saturday | 8am - 4pm |
Please call 636-256-7387
or 636-256-8387
Our friendly staff is waiting to help you with all of your veterinary needs!
Total Hip Replacement
for Dogs
Coming Soon
Lucy Shane
Lucy is a 13 week old female mix breed dog. The owner brought her to County because she was diagnosed with a femoral (leg) fracture at another veterinary hospital. On presentation Lucy was doing well but she was in a moderate amount of pain. Her vitals were all normal except for an elevated heart rate, which was most likely due to pain. We took x-rays and found her right femur to have a mid-diaphyseal long oblique fracture (below).
There are several options for repairing femoral fractures, but because Lucy is so young, energetic, and her growth plates are not closed the options are limited. The decision to place circlage wires and a bone plate was made baased on the above criteria. It is important to take x-rays of the opposite leg to get an accurate assessment of the normal length of the femur and plate size (below).
Lucy recovered well after surgery and will be comming back in 2 weeks for her six week x-ray to ensure bone healing. We all miss and love Lucy!!
Lucy came back for her post-op x-rays!! She came running in to see us all. We were all excited to see how she has healed. Here are her x-rays.
You can see in both views that her bone has grown in length and thickness. This is great!! The bone has actually grown around the circlage wires. Lucy has healed 100% and was returned to normal activity. See you soon Lucy!!
