Computed Tomographic Assessment of Block Recession Trochleoplasty and Partial Parasagittal Patellectomy in Cats

• Published in: Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology Vol. 33; no. 2; p. 102
• Main Authors: Brioschi, Valentina, Rutherford, Lynda, Newell, Karin, Trotter, Caroline, Arthurs, Gareth I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Animals; Biomechanical Phenomena; Cadaver; Cats; Femur - diagnostic imaging; Femur - pathology; Femur - surgery; Patella - diagnostic imaging; Patella - pathology; Patella - surgery; Patellar Dislocation - diagnostic imaging; Patellar Dislocation - pathology; Patellar Dislocation - veterinary; Stifle - diagnostic imaging; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - veterinary

The aim of this study was to assess computed tomography (CT) images of cadaveric feline stifles and record the relationship between the patella and femoral trochlea in normal stifles; then to investigate the effect of block recession trochleoplasty (BRT) with and without partial parasagittal patelle...