The levels of tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP), matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) in synovial fluid (SF) and serum in cases of canine osteoarthritis (OA) were measured. OA was induced by a surgically-created medial patellar luxation in the left stifle of 24 dogs. SF and blood samples were collected at 1.5- and 3-month inter...

background: a potential specific problem of patellar tendon graft in acl reconstruction is the possibility of graft-tunnel mismatch which could be more problematic with anatomic acl reconstruction where the femoral tunnel is placed low on the lateral wall of the lateral femoral condyle. the occasional occurrence of this mismatch raises the question that whether a correlation exists between pati...

Il s'agit d'un enfant de 5ans, sans antécédent pathologique notable, victime d'une chute de sa hauteur à la cour de l’école, occasionnant chez lui une douleur et une impotence fonctionnelles totales du membre inférieur gauche. L'examen clinique trouve un membre inférieur raccourci en adduction et rotation interne. Le bilan radiologique montre une luxation postérieure pure de la hanche sans lési...

Patellar dislocations are a common injury in the emergency department. The conservative management consists of immobilisation with a cylinder cast, posterior splint or removable knee brace. No consensus seems to exist on the most appropriate means of conservative treatment or the duration of immobilisation. Therefore the aims of this review were first to examine whether immobilisation with a cy...

OBJECTIVE To assess signalment, outcomes, and complications for dogs surgically treated for medial patellar luxation (MPL) with a combination of lateral retinacular imbrication and tibial crest transposition procedures without femoral trochlear groove deepening techniques, and to determine whether osteoarthritis progressed in these patients during the 8-week period following surgery. DESIGN R...

 Background: A potential specific problem of patellar tendon graft in ACL reconstruction is the possibility of graft-tunnel mismatch which could be more problematic with anatomic ACL reconstruction where the femoral tunnel is placed low on the lateral wall of the lateral femoral condyle. The occasional occurrence of this mismatch raises the question that whether a correlation exists between pat...

a traumatic coxofemoral luxation was diagnosed in a 15-month-old european neutered male cat, and on the basis of the radiographic evaluation a closed reduction was performed. consequently, the cat was presented at the university of bologna because of the failure of the treatment. a supplementary radiographic exam revealed the concomitant avulsion of the greater trochanter, consequently surgical...