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CASE 52
SIGNALMENT:
3-year-old female Golden Retriever
HISTORY:
3-month duration right rear limb lameness.
DIAGNOSTICS:
On palpation there is cranial drawer motion indicative of a torn cranial cruciate ligament in this leg.
SURGERY:
Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy (TPLO) was performed.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thank you to Dr. Joe Landers, Heritage Veterinary Hospital, for this referral.
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Figure 1
Preoperative measurement of the tibial plateau angle is 25º. With the 24 mm biradial saw blade, a rotation of 8.25 mm is required.
Figure 2
Immediate postop, lateral view, showing the Slocum right TPLO plate in place. Angle of the tibial plateau is now 5º.
Figure 3
AP view postop of the right stifle, post-TPLO. |
