Prevalence and outcome of meniscal tears identified during treatment for cranial cruciate ligament disease via tibial tuberosity advancement
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2022
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Cranial cruciate ligament disease is a common condition of hindlimb lameness in dogs and it
has a significant caseload on veterinary medicine. The objective of this study was to evaluate
the prevalence of meniscal tears and its outcome after 4 weeks. This is a retrospective study
based on 72 dogs where the prevalence of meniscal tears was 33% (24/72), being 83% (20/24)
“bucket handle” tears. Those rates are comparable with recent literature reports. Breed,
weight, age and preoperative PTA had a significant prevalence on cruciate disease and
meniscal injury. Retriever breeds, overweight, middle-aged dogs and PTA over 100° were
predisposing factors on this study. Meniscal tears were identified via arthrotomy, consequently
caudal horn and internal tears of the medial menisci could have been misdiagnosed, explaining
the outcome of higher rate of lameness on no concurrent tears (71%). MRI was not available
on this study due to costs. Meniscectomy or hemimeniscectomy were the surgical treatment
for meniscal tears, but the consequence of it on increasing contact pressure zone and
alteration on biomechanical forces the osteoarthritis generally gets worse afterwards. For this
reason, new researches have been done to improve cartilage and meniscal regeneration
through tissue engineering with promising results.
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Orientação: Ana Paula Álvaro Santana ; coorientação: Ricardo Jorge Afonso Lopes Palas
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MESTRADO INTEGRADO EM MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA, MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA, OSTEOARTRITE, CLAUDICAÇÃO, CÃES, VETERINARY MEDICINE, OSTEOARTHRITIS, LAMENESS, DOGS