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Treatment of shoulder instability caused by medial glenohumeral ligament rupture with thermal capsulorrhaphy
Author(s) -
O'Neill T.,
Innes J. F.
Publication year - 2004
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.1748-5827.2004.tb00199.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lameness , surgery , arthroscopy , ligament , methylprednisolone acetate , methylprednisolone
A three‐year‐old, male springer spaniel had chronic left forelimb lameness with a medial glenohumeral ligament tear and articular cartilage damage diagnosed on arthroscopy. The animal failed to respond to conservative therapy of rest and an intra‐articular injection of methylprednisolone. The use of thermal capsulorrhaphy using bipolar radiofrequency bought about a return of joint stability and resolution of the lameness.