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33rd Annual Scientific Meeting proceedings
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Date/Time: 30-11--0001 (00:00 - 00:00)
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Stabilisation of medial tibiotalar short collateral ligament rupture with an ‘InternalBrace™’ technique in two dogs
Guthrie J*, Schneider N, Comas N
Fitzpatrick Referrals, Eashing, United Kingdom.
Objectives:
To report the first clinical uses of an ‘InternalBrace™’ technique to repair rupture of the short medial tibiotalar collateral ligament in two dogs.
Methods:
Patient 1: 21kg, 7 year old, English Springer Spaniel. The caudal band of the short medial collateral ligament was completely torn. A 3.5mm SwiveLock™ anchor was applied on the medial aspect of the talus and a 4.75mm SwiveLock™ was applied on the medial aspect of the distal tibia to secure a double strand of 2mm FiberTape® as a prosthetic ligament (InternalBrace™ technique).
Patient 2: 31kg, 5 year old, German Shepherd. The cranial and caudal bands of the short medial collateral ligament were completely torn. A 3.5mm SwiveLock™ anchor was applied on the medial aspect of the distal talus and a 4.75mm SwiveLock™ was applied on the medial aspect of the proximal talus. A 5.5mm SwiveLock™ was applied on the medial aspect of the distal tibia to secure a double strand of 2mm FiberTape® to each of the SwiveLock™ within the talus forming an inverted ‘V’ configuration.
A cast was used postoperatively for 4 weeks.
Results:
Joint stability was maintained in both patients who returned to off-lead exercise 16 weeks post-surgery. Both patients returned to full function and no complications were reported at 6 month follow-up.
Conclusions:
An ‘InternalBrace™’ technique provided stability of the ruptured ligament and could be an effective procedure for the treatment of acute medial tibiotalar short collateral ligament rupture in dogs.
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