2025, Cilt 41, e0455
Evaluation of Traumatic Pelvic Fractures ın Cats: Morbidity and Mortality Rates- A Retrospective Study (2022-2023)
Nuriza Zamirbekova, Iremsu Satici, Halil Caltiner, Ismail Ozbek, Mustafa Arican
Selcuk University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Surgery, Konya, Türkiye
Keywords: Cat, Trauma, Pelvic fracture
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The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of pelvic fractures in cats and to evaluate the causes of trauma, morbidity and mortality. The study included 224 cats of various breeds, sexes and ages that presented with pelvic injuries between February 2022 and December 2023. Data were collected using the hospital's patient database and by surveying pet owners by telephone. Data included sex, type of trauma, concomitant injuries with pelvic trauma, treatment methods and outcomes including mortality and morbidity. According to Messmer and Montavon's alphanumeric pelvic fracture classification, unilateral sacroiliac luxation was found in 23.2% of cases (n=52), bilateral sacroiliac luxation in 23.7% of cases (n=53), and bilateral corpus ilium fracture in 25% of cases (n=56). The most common injuries associated with pelvic fractures were pneumothorax in 36.6% (n=82) of cases, pulmonary contusion in 21% (n=47) of cases, hindlimb fractures in 21.8% (n=49) of cases, urinary incontinence due to peripheral nerve injury in 10.8% of cases, and forelimb fractures in 7.1% (n=16) of cases. Prognosis was excellent in 41.1% (n=92), good in 30.8% (n=69), poor in 1.3% (n=3) and death in 26.8% (n=60). Injuries to the nonweightbearing and unilateral weightbearing portions of the pelvis generally had a favorable outcome. However, as the number of bilateral fractures and injuries to the weightbearing portions of the pelvis increased, the mortality rate also increased.