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Originally Posted by stovesj  Gracie broke her leg and growth plate at 4 months old. She has pins in her leg and they are still there. Our ortho surgeon recommends leaving them in to avoid another surgery unless the pins bother the dog. They don't bother Gracie at all and she has made a full recovery. Her surgery was a year and a half ago.
I had to keep her in a play pen during recovery because it was impossible to keep her from running and jumping. I would take her out only when I could supervise her at 100%. She had her leg splinted for about 8 weeks and quickly learned to to run with her leg straight out behind her. I'm sure all will go as well for you as it did for us just keep him as quiet as possible during his recovery so he heals properly. |
Were the pins that were left in your dog internal or the external ones that are fixed to an external fixture? My girl has an intra-medullary(IM) pin and an external skeletal fixator (ESF) with the pins too. They will leave in the IM pin but take out the ESF and those pins.