Surgical treatment of medial patellar luxation without femoral trochlear groove deepening procedures in dogs: 91 cases (1998-2009).

Objective: To assess signalment, outcomes, and complications for dogs surgically treated for medial patellar luxation (MPL) with a combination of lateral retinacular imbrication and tibial crest transposition procedures without femoral trochlear groove deepening techniques, and to determine whether osteoarthritis progressed in these patients during the 8-week period following surgery.

Design: Retrospective case series. Animals-91 dogs.

Progression of radiographic evidence of osteoarthritis following tibial plateau leveling osteotomy in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament rupture: 295 cases (2001-2005).

Objective: To determine whether radiographic signs of osteoarthritis became progressively worse and tibial slope angle (TSA) changed substantially following tibial plateau leveling osteotomy for treatment of cranial cruciate ligament rupture in dogs.

Design: Retrospective case series.

Animals: 295 dogs (373 stifle joints).

Use of the proximal portion of the tibia for measurement of the tibial plateau angle in dogs.

Objective: To determine whether the canine tibial plateau angle (TPA) can be accurately measured from lateral radiographic views of the stifle joint that include only the proximal portion of the tibia.

Sample Population: 282 lateral radiographic views of the stifle joint from 128 dogs.

Procedure: 236 radiographs were obtained from 102 dogs with no stifle joint disease, and 46 were obtained from 26 dogs with cranial cruciate ligament rupture.