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Total Hip Replacement as a Treatment Option for Capital Physeal Fractures in Dogs and Cats
Author(s) -
Kalis Russell H.,
Liska William D.,
Jankovits Daniel A.
Publication year - 2012
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.2011.00919.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cats , surgery
Objectives To evaluate outcome of capital physeal fractures ( CPF s) treated by total hip replacement ( THR ) in dogs and cats. Study Design Retrospective phase II nonrandomized efficacy study. Animals Dogs ( n = 21), cats ( n = 4). Methods Medical records (1991–2009) and radiographs of dogs and cats with CPF treated by THR were reviewed. Physical examination findings, radiographs, thigh circumference ( TC ), force plate gait analysis, and an owner questionnaire were reviewed. Results Signalment and median interval between CPF and THR of all 25 animals had no clinical correlation with post‐ THR outcome. Force plate gait analysis and TC were available for 12 dogs. No significant difference in TC or force plate analyses between the THR limb and the normal contralateral limb was identified. Owner questionnaires (13 dogs) revealed improvement after THR with minimal ( n = 2) or no lameness ( n = 11). Conclusion Animals with CPF treated by THR did not have statistically significant differences in any subjective (21 dogs, 4 cats) or objective (12 dogs) variable when compared with the normal contralateral limb.