Butterfly Plates

Our range of Butterfly Plates has been developed with the express purpose of being used in our small animal species. They are better suited to most of our fracture and osteotomy scenarios than the equivalent human plates and should prove useful for numerous procedures including revision and embrocation of TTA repairs and their analogues as well as cranial and pelvic surgery, especially where small fragments are involved. Pelvic stenosis is not an uncommon finding after conservative management of pelvic fractures in cats. Pelvic splitting is becoming a more common procedure for addressing this problem. Our butterfly plate range offers new plating options for stabilising the pelvis following symphyseal distraction. The six hole versions are particularly interesting as they have surprising versatility. They are thin enough to be cuttable, such that one hole can be removed from either one or both ends to provide six different hole configurations. As yet an unexplored area is to investigate their potential for placement across the pelvic sympysis, following similar principles to trans-epiphyseal stapling as an alternative technique for Juvenile Pelvic Symphysiodesis in the treatment of Hip Dysplasia. Placement in a similar manner may also be beneficial to patient comfort in a convalescent period following symphyseal fracture.