Advances in the canine cranial cruciate ligament /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa : [Germantown, Md.] :
Wiley-Blackwell ; ACVS Foundation,
2010.
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| Series: | Advances in veterinary surgery.
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Table of Contents:
- Morphology and function of the cruciate ligaments
- Biomechanics of the cruciate ligaments
- Cruciate ligament remodeling and repair
- Meniscal structure and function
- Biomechanics of the normal and cranial cruciate ligament-deficient stifle
- Histology of cranial cruciate ligament rupture
- Genetics of cranial cruciate ligament rupture
- Cruciate ligament matrix metabolism and development of laxity
- Stifle morphology
- Role of nitric oxide production and matrix protease activity in cruciate ligament degeneration
- Role of antibodies to Type I and II collagen
- Synovitis or stifle instabiligy, which comes first?
- Role of synovial immune responses in stifle synovitis
- Epidemiology of cranial cruciate ligament rupture
- History and clinical signs of cruciate ligament rupture
- Partial versus complete rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament
- Caudal cruciate ligament rupture
- Stress radiography of the stifle
- Stifle ultrasonography
- Computed tomography of the stifle
- Magnetic resonance imaging of the stifle
- Arthroscopy versus arthrotomy for surgical treatment
- Joint lavage
- Extracapsular stabilization
- Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy
- Tibial tuberosity advancement
- Intra-articular stabilization
- Biomechanics of the cranial cruciate ligament-deficient stifle treated by tibial osteotomies
- Arthroscopic follow-up after surgical stabilization of the stifle
- Cranial cruciate ligament debridement
- Surgical treatment of concurrent meniscal injury
- Meniscal release
- Progression of arthritis after stifle stabilization
- Residual lameness after stifle stabilization surgery
- Medical therapy for stifle arthritis
- Rehabilitation for dogs with cranial cruciate ligament rupture
- Client-specific outcome measures
- Total knee replacement in the dog
- Regenerative medicine and cranial cruciate ligament repair
- Disease-modifying medical therapy