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KAFKAS UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.19, no.6, pp.935-941, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)
In this clinical study, utilisation of a newly described implant system which is called locking TPLO plates in TPLO surgery technique, one of the extracapsular treatment methods, for treatment of anterior cruciate ligament rupture in dogs in clinical cases and evaluation of clinical and radiological results of the method is aimed. The materials of this study are, 15 large breed dogs with different age and sex which were brought to Ankara University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Small Animal Clinic with clinical evidence of rear limb lameness, in these dogs the anterior cruciate ligament rupture was diagnosed after clinical, radiological and arthroscopic examination The dogs which were included in the study, were examined clinically and radiographically on 0, 10th, 25th, 60th, 90th, and 120th days. All cases were examined for TPLO plate loosening, implant failure and other complications that may develop postoperatively. Also in the postoperative examination period, the limb lameness and pain sensations of the patients were scored. After TPLO surgery and fixation of the osteotomy line proximal to tibia with locking TPLO plates, patients were examinated in post operative period for possible complications, especially implant loosening, but no complication was observed.