Evaluation of Osteotomy Healing in Boxer Dogs Undergoing Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy Using Two Radiographic Scoring Systems.

Objective:  The aim of this study was to (1) compare 5-point and 10-point bone healing radiographic scoring systems using postoperative tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO) radiographs and (2) determine whether Boxer osteotomy healing time differs from age-matched Labrador Retrievers.

Study Design:  This was a multicentre retrospective study. Fifty-eight client-owned dogs undergoing TPLO (29 Boxers and 29 Labrador Retrievers) were included.

Interleukin receptor therapeutics attenuate inflammation in canine synovium following cruciate ligament injury.

Objective: In the knee, synovial fibrosis after ligamentous injury is linked to progressive joint pain and stiffness. The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in synovial architecture, mechanical properties, and transcriptional profiles following naturally occurring cruciate ligament injury in canines and to test potential therapeutics that target drivers of synovial inflammation and fibrosis.

Design: Synovia from canines with spontaneous cruciate ligament tears and from healthy knees were assessed via histology (n = 10/group) and micromechanical testing (n = 5/group) to identify changes in tissue architecture and stiffness.

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

Objective:  The aim of this study was to describe the arthroscopic changes to the caudal cruciate ligament (CdCL) in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament disease.

Study Design:  Arthroscopic video recordings ( = 117) of the stifle with cranial cruciate ligament disease were reviewed. The extent of CdCL tearing was described.

Arthroscopic Articular Cartilage Scores of the Canine Stifle Joint with Naturally Occurring Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease.

Objective:  This study aimed to evaluate frequency, location and severity of cartilage pathology in dogs with naturally occurring cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) disease.

Study Design:  Stifle arthroscopic video recordings ( = 120) were reviewed. A modified Outerbridge classification system (MOCS) (0-4) was used to score cartilage at 10 locations in the femorotibial (medial and lateral femoral condyles and tibial plateaus) and patellofemoral compartments (proximal, middle and distal locations of the patella and femoral trochlear groove) of the stifle joint.

Radiation exposure of dogs and cats undergoing fluoroscopic procedures and for operators performing those procedures.

Objective: To evaluate radiation exposure of dogs and cats undergoing procedures requiring intraoperative fluoroscopy and for operators performing those procedures.

Sample: 360 fluoroscopic procedures performed at 2 academic institutions between 2012 and 2015.

Procedures: Fluoroscopic procedures were classified as vascular, urinary, respiratory, cardiac, gastrointestinal, and orthopedic.