Abstracts of the week

Melania Dallago, Clarissa Dallago, Bruno Peirone, Alessandro Boero Baroncelli, Tommaso Nicetto, Piero Costa, Evelien De Bakker
Can Vet J. 2025 Feb;66(2):151-158.
The tested techniques were not reliable in chondrodystrophic dogs.
Kevin A de Moya, Christopher M Gauthier, Robert M Radasch, Dan D Lewis, Stanley Kim, Ross H Palmer, Jason Bleedorn
Vet Surg. 2025 Jan 21. doi: 10.1111/vsu.14214.
Distraction osteogenesis and angular corrections can be considered as a treatment option for PCDRP in skeletally immature dogs.
Small animal
William T G Hawker, Noel Moens, Bruce Guest, Michelle Oblak, Melissa MacIver, John Runciman
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2025 Jan 21. doi: 10.1055/s-0044-1800973.
The addition of LHI to a 3.5-mm broad LCP construct was not shown to have an effect on plate strain, stiffness, or deformation.

Veterinary Surgery

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Objective

To assess the impact of a postoperative fracture gap on implant failure following radius and ulna fracture repair in toy breed dogs.

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To describe percentage length changes in the femur after total hipreplacement (THR) performed before skeletal maturity.

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To describe sacroiliac luxation stabilization in cats using two screws and to report clinical and radiographic short-term outcomes.

Kevin R. L. Schreiber DVM, Alexandre Thibault DVM, Martin Hamon DVM, DECVS, Philippe Haudiquet DVM, DESV, DECVS

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The aim of this study was to describe three dogs with permanent fibular nerve injury following tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO). Fibular nerve injury following TPLO led to atrophy of the cranial tibial muscle, absent hock flexion and a mild lameness.

Objective The aim of this study was to report postoperative complications and long-term outcomes following transcondylar screw placement for humeral intracondylar fissure (HIF).

Daniel Low , Victoria Hutchings, Scott Rutherford

Objectives This study aims to report complications and long-term outcomes of combined tibial plateau leveling osteotomy and tibial tuberosity transposition (TPLO-TTT) for treatment of concurrent cranial cruciate ligament rupture and medial patellar luxation (MPL).

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