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21st to 24th September 2022 Acropolis, Nice (France)

New Abstracts of the week

Loop modification of the traditional three-loop pulley pattern improves the biomechanical properties and resistance to 3-mm gap formation in a canine common calcanean teno-osseous avulsion model

Daniel J. Duffy, Weston L. Beamon, Yi-Jen Chang, George E. Moore

Am J Vet Res. 2022 June 28;83(8):375-383. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.21.09.0139.

6LP was superior to all other evaluated constructs in all assessed parameters.

Small animal: Tarsus - Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Comparison of incidence of medial meniscal injury in small dogs (≤15 kg) and medium-to-large dogs (>15 kg) with naturally occurring CCL disease undergoing TPLO: 580 stifles (2015 to 2019)

S M M Colthurst, J O Simcock, R G Cashmore

J Small Anim Pract. 2022 Jun 22. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13523.

A partial tear does not preclude meniscal pathology.

Small animal: Osteotomy/Ostectomy - Stifle - Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Arthroscopic Caudal Cruciate Ligament Damage in Canine Stifles with Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease

Kimberly A Agnello, Dorothy Cimino Brown, Samuel G Zyla, Kei Hayashi

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2022 Jun 22. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1748858.

Synovitis is likely a contributor to CdCL injury.

Small animal: Arthroscopy - Stifle - Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Kindly Full paper offered by V.C.O.T.

Vcot

Hemiepiphysiodesis for the Correction of Distal Femoral Valgus in Growing Dogs

Objectives The aim of this study was to describe hemiepiphysiodesis for the treatment of distal femoral valgus in immature dogs and to evaluate its effect on the anatomical lateral distal femoral angle (aLDFA).

Veterinary Surgery full paper - Kindly offered by Wiley

Veterinary Surgery full paper

Accuracy of medial-to-lateral transcondylar screw placement using an aiming device and preoperative computer tomography planning for the treatment of humeral intracondylar fissure

Objective

To determine the accuracy of transcondylar screws placed from medial-to-lateral using preoperative planning on computed tomography (CT) and an aiming device in elbows with humeral intracondylar fissures (HIFs).

Vcot Open

All articles in VCOT Open are made freely available for all to read and download.

VCOT Open - Issue 01 -Volume 03 - January 2020

VCOT Open - Issue 01 -Volume 03 - January 2020