Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog patellar ligament rupture fixed with ComPact UniLock plates
By Gutbrod, A et al.·Published in Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde·2013·Department of Small Animal Surgery·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Repair of a canine patellar ligament rupture using the ComPact UniLock 2.4/3.0 mm System.
- Species:
- dog
Plain-English summary
An 11-year-old female mixed breed dog was brought in after being hit by a car and had a ruptured left patellar ligament (a ligament in the knee). Surgery to repair the ligament was delayed for 10 days due to a possible infection near the joint. When the surgery was performed, the ligament was stitched and reinforced with tissue from the dog's own body, along with special plates to support the repair. After 7 weeks, the plates were removed because of concerns about infection and loosening, but the dog showed improvement in her ability to walk.
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Abstract
An 11-year old, female, Mix Breed dog was presented after being hit by a car with a rupture of the left patellar ligament. Due to a suspected wound infection close to the stifle joint, surgical repair was delayed for 10 days. The ruptured ligament was sutured and augmented with fascia lata. Additionally, two ComPact UniLock 2.4/3.0 mm plates connected with 1.0 mm orthopaedic wire were used to protect the primary repair. No immobilization of the stifle joint was needed. The implants were removed after 7 weeks, because of suspected infection and loosening. The successful utilization of an alternative surgical technique for the repair of the patellar ligament rupture in the dog has also been documented by pre- and post-operative temporal-spatial gait analysis (GaitFour®).
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23985093/