Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog and cat hip luxation treatment with toggle pin technique
By Cetinkaya, M A & Olcay, B·Published in Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.T·2010·Faculty of Medicine·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Modified Knowles toggle pin technique with nylon monofilament suture material for treatment of two caudoventral hip luxation cases.
Plain-English summary
A 5-year-old male cat and a 2-year-old male dog both had rare caudoventral hip luxations, which means their hip joints were out of place. The cat had surgery using a special technique called the modified Knowles toggle pin and recovered well within three days. The dog, however, had a more complicated situation with additional knee and leg issues, and after two and a half months, he was still in pain due to a fracture in his femoral head. After a second surgery to remove part of the femur, the dog was able to recover and regain function.
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Abstract
The coxofemoral joint is the most commonly luxated joint in dogs and cats. Coxofemoral luxations are generally craniodorsal; caudoventral coxofemoral luxations are relatively rare occurrences and may be accompanied by fracture of the greater trochanter. The aim of our study was to report the results of a modified Knowles toggle pin application in two caudoventral hip luxations for which closed reduction had not been achieved. Medical records of dogs and cats, which had been presented at our institution between September 1999 and October 2007, were reviewed for cases of coxofemoral luxation. In total, the case records of 67 cats and 147 dogs were found. Of these cases, there was one cat and one dog with caudoventral coxofemoral luxation. For both cases, the toggle pin technique was the method of treatment. The cat had a good clinical recovery within three days after surgery. The dog, which also had a cruciate ligament rupture in the same limb and medial patellar luxation in the contralateral limb, was presented with severe lameness and pain approximately two and a half months after surgery, at which time fracture of the femoral head was diagnosed. Functional recovery was achieved after a femoral head and neck ostectomy had been performed.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20151076/