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The effect on the contralateral stifle joint of sectioning of the cranial cruciate ligament in the dog
Author(s) -
CAMPBELL J. R.,
DUFF S. R. I.,
GILBERTSON ELIZABETH M. M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1982.tb02510.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cruciate ligament , stifle joint , anatomy , osteoarthritis , ligament , abnormality , joint capsule , surgery , anterior cruciate ligament , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry
In three adult dogs the cranial cruciate ligament of the right stifle was sectioned. The animals were examined at regular intervals over the following twenty‐nine months and the clinical findings noted. Fluorochrome bone markers were injected at intervals of approximately six months. Following injection of barium sulphate and Berlin blue after euthanasia, the joint tissues of both stifles were examined for evidence of degenerative changes. The right stifles showed typical changes of osteoarthritis, while the left stifles revealed no abnormality.