Original scientific paper

Healing of the cartilage and the subchondral bone tissue after trochleoplasty in dogs.

Tomislav Babić ; Ambulatory Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Josip Kos ; Clinic for Surgery, Orthopaedics and Ophthalmology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Andrea Babić ; The private small animals clinic, Zagreb, Croatia
Mirna Budeč ; The private small animals clinic, Zagreb, Croatia
Damir Stanin ; Department of Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Snježana Vuković ; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Maja Popović ; Department of Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Trochleoplasty or sulcoplasty has always played a prominent role in the radical methods of sanation of patellar dislocation. The results of 20 operated dogs were considered. Two groups of experimental animals were operated on, one by rescission trochleoplasty and the second by abrasive trochleoplasty. Clinical, radiological, pathomorphological and histological findings were studied. Although rescission trochleoplasty produces a physiologically closer result to the preoperative cartilage, abrasive trochleoplasty is a much simpler technique to perform and is biomechanically a more efficient method in conceiving the stability of the stifle joint in the radical treatment of patella ectopy.

Keywords

patellar ectopy; trochleoplasty; cartilage metaplasia; dog

Hrčak ID:

87901

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/87901

Publication date:

21.8.2001.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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