RUPTURE OF THE TRICEPS TENDON OF INSERTIO N IN A SHETLAND SHEEP DOG

An eight-year-old female Shetland sheep dog was presented because of a severe lameness of the right forelimb. The dog was painful when palpa ting the caudal part of the right elbow. Clinical and radiographical e xamination revealed a total rupture of the triceps tendon of insertion . The ruptured triceps tendon was reattached by a modified Bunnell-May er suture technique. A bilateral external fixator (Typ 2) was used to immobilize the limb with a comletely extended elbow. Twelve weeks post operatively the dog showed only a mild lameness.