OPEN REDUCTION AND STABILIZATION OF COXOFEMORAL JOINT LUXATION IN DOGS AND CATS, USING A STAINLESS-STEEL ROPE INSERTED VIA A VENTRAL APPROACH TO THE HIP-JOINT
T. Kawamata et al., OPEN REDUCTION AND STABILIZATION OF COXOFEMORAL JOINT LUXATION IN DOGS AND CATS, USING A STAINLESS-STEEL ROPE INSERTED VIA A VENTRAL APPROACH TO THE HIP-JOINT, Australian Veterinary Journal, 74(6), 1996, pp. 460-464
Open reduction and stabilisation of coxofemoral joint luxation was mad
e via a ventral approach to the hip joint in dogs and cats, using a tr
ansarticular stainless steel rope. A feature of the procedure is trans
articular penetration of the rope from the pelvic cavity to the femora
l neck by guidance with a guide wire which was previously inserted fro
m the femoral neck into the pelvic cavity and by detection of the guid
e wire in the pelvic cavity by use of forceps connected to an alarm-oh
mmeter. Forty-seven animals (37 dogs and 10 cats) with acute and simpl
e coxofemoral luxation were treated and postoperatively maintained in
cage rest without external fixation. Most of the animals regained an a
lmost normal gait within several days.