A five-month-old Amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva), weighting 320g, was referred to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria presenting rotational deformities of the right limb distal leg. A knee joint luxation was identified in the radiographic exam. Arthrodesis was performed using transarticular external skeletal fixation. Sixty days after the surgery, there was complete osseous union (arthrodesis) between femur and tibiotarsus, and the bird recovered the function of the limb.
bird; luxation; transarticular; Amazon parrot
