Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the benefits of the clinical outcome of meniscal injury diagnosis and surgical management during the reconstruction of cranial cruciate ligament rupture (RCCL) in dogs. Materials and methods: For these purpose two groups with 2 different surgery regimens; group 1 (G1), RCCL was corrected with partial meniscectomy and tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA), and another one (group-2, G2) only with TTA. Long-term follow-up about postoperative complications and any recurrence of signs were recorded by referring veterinarians by medical questionnaire over telephone contact and radiographic postoperative follow-up of bone healing was evaluated. Results: Meniscal injuries were diagnosed arthroscopically in five dogs out of six dogs, and corrected by partial meniscectomy arthroscopically. The percentage of presence of meniscal injury was 83%. It was found that clinical outcomes were superior in G1 than G2 group both walking starting time (4.6±2.5 and 6.4±2.9 days, respectively) or full recovery time (39.2±26.9 and 58.1±24.5 days, respectively) was significantly shortage (P
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MATERIALS AND METHODSCranial cruciate ligament (CCL) is one of the important load-bearing ligaments in dogs which always has tension and very prone to torsion, injury or rupture
Conclusion: based on the clinical superiority, it is recommended that meniscal injury should be checked and corrected during Rupture of cranial cruciate ligament (RCCL) reconstruction for getting better clinical outcomes
Meniscal injuries were diagnosed arthroscopically in five dogs out of six dogs. These five dogs were surgically corrected by arthroscopic partial meniscectomy and RCCL reconstructed with tuberosity advancement (TTA) which were served as group-1 (G1) and the remaining dog was included in the second group (G2) with other 4 dogs which were treated by TTA for RCCL without approaching arthroscopically
Summary
The objective of this study was to evaluate the benefits of the clinical outcome of meniscal injury diagnosis and surgical management during the reconstruction of cranial cruciate ligament rupture (RCCL) in dogs. It was found that clinical outcomes were superior in G1 than G2 group both walking starting time (4.6±2.5 and 6.4±2.9 days, respectively) or full recovery time (39.2±26.9 and 58.1±24.5 days, respectively) was significantly shortage (P
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