Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cat with crooked back legs fixed by joint surgery
By J. Park et al.·Published in Veterinární Medicína·2008·Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery,, CZ·View original on DOAJ →
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Original publication title: Correction of congenital deformity of hind limbs of cat by femoro-tarsal arthrodesis: a case report
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Plain-English summary
A 4-month-old female domestic shorthair cat was brought in because she couldn't walk and was in pain due to congenital deformities in her hind legs. Her tibia and fibula bones were misshapen, causing bleeding and exposing the bones at her hock joints. The veterinarian performed a surgery called femoro-tarsal arthrodesis, which involved correcting the deformed bones and fusing them. After the surgery, follow-up X-rays showed that the bones were healing well, and the cat was able to walk and even run on her hind legs without complications.
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Abstract
Congenitally deformed tibia-fibulas of both hind limbs were diagnosed in a four-month-old, female, domestic shorthair cat that was unable to bear weight and whose movement was painful on both stifle and hock joints. Bleeding was observed repeatedly from the wound made by deformed tibias at the cranial sides of hock joints where the bones were exposed. Radiography and computed tomography revealed a corn-shaped tibia and bow shaped fibula which extended cranio-distally without formation of the hock joints. Femoro-tarsal arthrodesis was successfully executed on both hind legs after exclusion of the deformed and pliable tibia-fibulas. Follow-up radiography showed that bone fusions had gradually improved and were without complications. Postoperatively, the cat was capable of walking on the corrected hind legs and running on the movement of hip joints. To the authors' knowledge, this is the 1st reported case of femoro-tarsal arthrodesis in a cat. In this case, femoro-tarsal arthrodesis resulted in a satisfactory outcome for congenitally deformed tibia-fibulas in cat.
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Search related cases →Original publication on DOAJ: https://doi.org/10.17221/1929-VETMED