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