This is Luna, a 9-month old cat, recovering from surgery at our Didcot practice. She was brought in by her owner after she was found in the garden unable to use her back legs. It is not known whether Luna was hit by a car, attacked by a dog, or had a nasty fall. Vet Rebecca examined Luna and found that her left knee was unstable. Luna was given pain relief and IV fluids to stabilise her. She was then sedated so that Emma could take x-rays of the damaged leg.
The x-ray showed that Luna had fractured her femur just above the knee, and the bone fragment was displaced.
This copy of the x-ray has been marked to show the line of the fracture in blue, with the red lines indicating the normal outline of the femur.
Vet Tim Hutchinson repaired Luna's fracture using wires to hold the very small piece of bone in place. The post-op x-rays show how well her leg has come together.
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