Retalho de padrão axial toracolateral para recobrimento de defeito após artrodese úmero-rádio-ulnar em cão – relato de caso.

Abstract

The supervised curricular internship is of paramount importance in the Veterinary Medicine course, being the time to put into practice and experience everything that was learned during the undergraduate years. The same was carried out in the areas of medical clinic and surgical clinic for small animals at the Uberaba Veterinary Hospital (HVU), located in the city of Uberaba - Minas Gerais, from September 14th to November 17th, 2021, totaling 345 hours of practical activities, under the supervision of the teacher Rodrigo Supranzetti de Rezende in the area of medical clinic for small animals and teacher Endrigo Gabellini Leonel Alves in the area of clinical surgery for small animals. This report provides a description of the internship site, the sample followed, and a case report on the thoracolateral axial pattern flap for covering a defect after humerus-radioulnar arthrodesis in the left thoracic limb of a Shih-tzu dog. Cutaneous injuries occur frequently in Veterinary Medicine, and they may have traumatic, neoplastic origin, congenital anomalies or secondary to surgical procedures, as in the case in question. The patient underwent surgery on October 21th, 2021, aiming to preserve the limb.