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Treatment of temporary upward fixation of the patella in an alpaca by abrasion trochleoplasty and imbrication of the medial retinacular fascia
Author(s) -
Zanolari P.,
Steiner A.,
Tschudi M.,
Rytz U.
Publication year - 2002
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.150.24.752
Subject(s) - lameness , medicine , surgery , femur , imbrication , patella , fixation (population genetics) , external fixation , anatomy , external fixator , biology , paleontology , population , tectonics , environmental health
A two‐year‐old female alpaca suddenly became lame on its right hindlimb. Eight days later clinical and radiographic examinations showed that the patella had become temporarily fixed within the supratrochlear notch of the femur. Under general anaesthesia an abrasion trochleoplasty followed by fascial imbrication was carried out. After two weeks in supporting slings, the animal put full weight on the leg and six months after the surgery it showed no signs of lameness or recurrence of the upward fixation.