Objective: The study provides a morphometric assessment of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) of the canine stifle joint. Study design: Eighty-six stifle joints were collected from 43 canine cadavers and dissected to free them of soft tissue and expose the collateral ligaments. The MCL insertion...

Objective: To report extended long-term outcomes of dogs with cranial cruciate ligament rupture treated by tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) or tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA). Study design: Retrospective clinical cohort study. Animals: Client-owned dogs with ≥3 years follow-up (118 ...

This study was conducted to compare angles physically set on the stifle joints of cadaveric limbs of dogs with the results by four different radiographic methods for stifle angle measurement. Thirteen pelvic limbs from various large breeds and skeletally-mature dogs were used. The stifles were...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the transposition distance in in vitro canine medial patellar luxation (MPL) models of different severity grades using a single radiograph of the stifle joint. Each MPL grade model was generated with manipulation and evaluated by palpating the stability of the...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe the clinical application and outcome of osteochondral autograft transfer using the COR system (COR; DePuy Synthes, Warsaw, Indiana, United States) for the treatment of osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the femoral condyle in dogs. Methods: Medical...

Background: Tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO) is currently one of the most common surgical procedures for the correction of the stifle joint with a ruptured cranial cruciate ligament. TPLO is based on the preoperative tibial plateau angle (TPA); therefore, it is essential to optimise the...

Objective: To describe short-term outcomes of center of rotation of angulation (CORA)-based leveling osteotomy (CBLO) in skeletally immature dogs with cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL) injury. Study design: Retrospective case series. Animals: Fifteen skeletally immature dogs (16 stifles). Methods:...

The object of this study is to evaluate the long-term outcome of hind limb weight-bearing function and progression of stifle osteoarthritis (OA) after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO). Groups were classified by the degree of cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL) damage and presence or absence of ...

Background: This study aimed to determine whether Blumensaat's line, a consistently present radiographic feature delineating the peak of the femoral intercondylar fossa, could be used to assess for cranial tibial subluxation in canine stifles with cranial cruciate ligament disease. Methods: Thirty...

This study aimed to evaluate the joint involvement in dogs with visceral leishmaniasis by means of orthopedic physical examination, radiographic and computed tomographic (CT) findings. Of the 46 evaluated dogs, an overall of 91.3% presented joint (carpal, tarsal, elbows, and stifle) abnormalities,...