A five-year-old Golden Retriever became non-weight-bearing and developed a serosanguinous discharge from a fistulous tract which opened dorsal to the greater trochanter of the femur six weeks following surgical repair of a femoral fracture. Preoperative (15a) and six weeks post-operative (15b) radiographs are shown.
i. What is the tentative diagnosis?
ii. What diagnostic test(s) could be used to help support or refute the tentative diagnosis?
iii. What could have been done to prevent this complication?
iiii. Describe how this case should be managed.
