Open AccessComplications and short-to-midterm results in a case series of 52 CUE procedures using a modified caudo-medial approach
Author(s) -
Karol Bayer,
Philipp Winkels,
A Andreoni,
Philipp A Schmierer,
Thomas Rohwedder,
Antonio Pozzi,
P. Böttcher
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
open veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2226-4485
pISSN - 2218-6050
DOI - 10.4314/ovj.v9i3.4
Subject(s) - medicine , elbow , sagittal plane , radiography , surgery , radiology
Medial coronoid process disease is the most common manifestation of canine developmental elbow disease which can progress to a more severe medial compartment disease (MCompD) characterized by full-thickness cartilage loss of the medial coronoid process and the medial humeral condyle. Among others, the "Canine Unicompartmental Elbow" (CUE) has been reported to be an effective treatment strategy for MCompD, with full in 47.6% and acceptable function in 43.7% at 6 months or later of follow-up.