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ULTRASONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF CRANIAL CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE VIA DYNAMIC INTRA‐ARTICULAR SALINE INJECTION
Author(s) -
Seong Yunsang,
Eom Kidong,
Lee Haeoon,
Lee Jeongmin,
Park Jinhee,
Lee Keunwoo,
Jang Kwangho,
Oh Taeho,
Yoon Junghee
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2005.00016.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cruciate ligament , stifle joint , saline , infrapatellar fat pad , ligament , anterior cruciate ligament , knee joint , patellar ligament , anatomy , nuclear medicine , surgery , osteoarthritis , patellar tendon , pathology , anesthesia , alternative medicine
Ultrasonographic examination of both stifle joints of five clinically and radiographically normal adult dogs was performed before and after surgical transection of the cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL). At pre‐ and postsurgery, the hyperechoic patellar ligament and the infrapatellar fat interfered with sonographic visualization of the CrCL. When the stifle joint, however, was imaged via dynamic intra‐articular saline injection, the hyperechoic ligament was visualized because of the separation of the infrapatellar fat and the CrCL and the contrasting effect of anechoic saline. When the stifle joint was imaged by real‐time scanning after the transection of the CrCL, flutter of the ligament and an anechoic area between the bone and the CrCL were identified. The increased diameter of the ligament and the increased thickness of the joint space were identified as well. Ultrasonographic examination via dynamic saline injection into the joint space has potential as a diagnostic tool for assessing CrCL rupture.