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Collateral ligament prosthesis for the repair of subluxation of the metatarsophalangeal joint in a Jersey cow
Author(s) -
Rothlisberger J.,
Kircher P.,
Steiner A.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.146.22.640
Subject(s) - subluxation , medicine , condyle , prosthesis , first metatarsal , ligament , orthodontics , joint (building) , metatarsal bones , radiography , surgery , anatomy , osteotomy , structural engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
A two‐and‐a‐half‐year‐old Jersey cow had been moderately lame in its right hindlimb for one month. Clinical and radiographic examinations revealed an incomplete lateral luxation of the metatarsophalangeal joint. The medial condyle of the metatarsal bone was locked in the condylar groove of the medial first phalanx. The subluxation was reduced, the joint carefully debrided and irrigated, and the torn ligament was replaced with a synthetic prosthesis which was fixed with titanium alloy staples. One year after surgery, the joint was slightly swollen but the cow was not lame.