Kitten Gizmo is recovering from femur fracture surgery and you would never know this baby was ever injured! Gizmo came to Critter Crusaders of Cedar Rapids through our friends at Tails in Transit Rescue! The little tyke had lacerations and bite wounds on his legs, so this fracture repair was a total Hail Mary pass. The recommended option was amputation to avoid infection in the bone. Major thanks to Dr Ryan Busselot at Anamosa Vet Clinic for doing everything possible to save Gizzy's leg! More to

Fracture Neck Femur is one of the commonest fractures around hip. It's also the most notorious one. Reason being that only 50% patients are happy after first surgery which is Fracture Fixation.The usual issue is that Fracture Neck Femur doesn't unite. And patients suffer badly before they decide to go for second surgery.The decision about second surgery is not easy. Confusion is when and which surgery. The answer is -- 1. No point waiting beyond 6 months after first surgery, if the Fracture has