Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Bilateral Meniscal Tears Identified during Treatment for Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease Via TPLO in Dogs

Authors: Rebecca L Laube, Kyle K Kerstetter

Objective: The aim of this study was to report the prevalence and risk factors of bilateral meniscal tears during a tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO).

Category: Osteotomy/Ostectomy - Tendon and Ligament Injuries

A novel engineered purified exosome product patch for tendon healing: An explant in an ex vivo model

Authors: Guidong Shi, Yicun Wang, Zhanwen Wang, Andrew R Thoreson, Daniel S Jacobson, Peter C Amadio, Atta Behfar, Steven L Moran, Chunfeng Zhao

Reducing tendon failure after repair remains a challenge due to its poor intrinsic healing ability. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a novel tissue-engineered purified exosome product (PEP) patch on tendon healing in a canine ex vivo model.

Category: Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Short-term outcomes and complications of 65 cases of porous TTA with flange: a prospective clinical study in dogs

Authors: Cristina Bernardi-Villavicencio, Antonio Nicolas Jimenez-Socorro, Concepcion Rojo-Salvador, Javier Robles-Sanmartin, Jesus Rodriguez-Quiros

Category: Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Influence of barbed epitendinous sutures combined with a core locking-loop suture to repair experimental flexor tendon lacerations

Authors: Adam C Eby, Daniel J Duffy, Yi-Jen Chang, Lewis Gaffney, Matthew B Fisher, George E Moore

Objective: To determine the influence of barbed epitendinous sutures (ES) on the biomechanical properties and gap formation of repaired canine tendons.

Study design: Ex vivo, experimental study.

Sample population: Eighty (n = 16/group) canine superficial digital flexor tendons (SDFT).

Category: Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Effect of partial vs complete circumferential epitendinous suture placement on the biomechanical properties and gap formation of canine cadaveric tendons

Authors: Daniel J Duffy, Yi-Jen Chang, Matthew B Fisher, George E Moore

Objective: To determine the effect of partial vs complete circumferential epitendinous suture (ES) placement in addition to a core suture on the biomechanical strength and gapping characteristics of repaired canine tendinous constructs.

Study design: Ex vivo, biomechanical study.

Sample population: Thirty-six canine superficial digital flexor tendons.

Category: Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Subclinical bacteriuria and surgical site infections in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament disease

Authors: Cheslymar Garcia, Marian E Benitez, David C Grant, Sabrina L Barry

Objective: To determine the prevalence of subclinical bacteriuria (SBU) in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) disease, the clinical variables and clinicopathologic data associated with SBU, and the incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) in dogs with and without SBU.

Study design: Prospective, clinical cohort study.

Animals: One hundred fifty-five dogs with CCL disease.

Category: Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Comparative Analysis of Vertical Forces in Dogs Affected with Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease and Tibial Plateau Angles Greater or Less than 25 Degrees

Authors: Cássio Ricardo Auada Ferrigno, Alexandre Navarro Alves de Souza, Márcio Poletto Ferreira, Valentine Verpaalen, Julia Maria Matera

Objective: Our objective was to compare the peak vertical force (PVF) and vertical impulse (VI) between dogs with cranial cruciate ligament disease and a tibial plateau angle (TPA) greater or less than 25 degrees.

Category: Tendon and Ligament Injuries

In-Vivo Three-Dimensional Knee Kinematics in Goats With Unilateral Anterior Cruciate Ligament Transection

Authors: Ana Bascuñán, Mariajesus Soula, Kristina K Millar, Adam Biedrzycki, Scott A Banks, Daniel D Lewis, Stanley E Kim

Although the goat is an established animal model in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) research, in-vivo kinematics associated with ACL deficiency have not been previously described in this species.

Category: Knee - Tendon and Ligament Injuries

A New Approach to Treatment Selection in Dogs With Cruciate Ligament Rupture: Patient-Specific Treatment Recommendations

Authors: M Lampart, S Knell, A Pozzi

Cranial cruciate ligament rupture is one of the most important diseases in canine orthopedics. Despite the frequent occurrence of the disease and the extensive literature available, there is still controversy about the best treatment method.

Category: Stifle - Tendon and Ligament Injuries

Authors: Gudrun S Boge, Karolina Engdahl, Annika Bergström, Ulf Emanuelson, Jeanette Hanson, Odd Höglund, Elena R Moldal, Eystein Skjerve, Randi Krontveit

Objective: To analyse the effect of treatment method and other risk factors on survival in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament disease (CCLD).

Category: Stifle - Tendon and Ligament Injuries