Quote Originally Posted by Catlady711
I don't think they can pin the leg if it has multiple loose fragments inside. At work the only pinning I've seen done had no fragments that I recall. The legs were simply broke not smashed with splintered fragments. Just a thought.
Our Grady had a comminuted mid-diaphyseal spiral fracture of his left femur back in March 2005. Up at MSU Vet School they did a reduction and placement of an interlocking nail.

For the non-medical people, a comminuted fracture is defined as one in which the bone is broken, splintered or crushed into a number of pieces.

The other option offered to us, by our own Vet, was amputation.

Grady has a bunch of bone fragments in his leg, and many of them simply fused to each other during the healing process. He was only 2 when the fracture happened, and the young heal so much better.