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Measurement of Femoral Torsion in Dogs Using a Biplanar Method
Author(s) -
BARDET J.F.,
RUDY R.L.,
HOHN R.B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1983.tb00693.x
Subject(s) - medicine , torsion (gastropod) , radiography , fluoroscopy , nuclear medicine , orthodontics , femur , anatomy , radiology , surgery
The authors defined the concept of femoral torsion using three axes and two planes. Two techniques were used to measure the femoral anteversion angle on 30 femurs of 15 adult mixed breed dogs. The conventional fluoroscopic technique was compared to the right angle triangle technique. The mean angle for each technique was 30.80 and 31.31 degrees, respectively. The right angle triangle technique, using conventional radiographs, appeared as reliable, accurate, and reproducible as the fluoroscopic method and is recommended for clinical use.