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Online Journal of Veterinary Research©
Volume 21(4):167-172, 2017.
Medial
patellar desmotomy in cattle and donkeys.
Mohamed Wefky El-Sherif
Department of Animal Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, New
Valley, Assiut University.
ABSTRACT
El-Sherif
MW., Medial patellar desmotomy in cattle and donkeys.
Onl J Vet Res., 21(4):167-172. The
present technique is designed to transect the medial patellar ligament
indicated for treatment of upward fixation of patella in cattle and donkeys. A
medial patellar desmotomy was performed first on
cadavers and then on 20 live cattle or donkeys (Equus acinus). In live animals under
local anaesthesia, a sterile silk strand (USP 1)
mounted on a curved needle is inserted through skin at the medial aspect of the
medial patellar ligament
to the subcutaneous fascia and directed beneath the ligament to
emerge at opposite side. The silk is then sawed to cut the ligament. In
contrast to other procedures, the desmotomy is less
invasive as skin at the surgical site is not incised, pericapsular
fat and joint capsules not invaded, and the ligament is fully transected in a
one-step procedure. Minimal tissue invasiveness limited infection of surgical
site, minimized bleeding, and decreased related postoperative consequences. The
procedure is described with images.
Keywords: Patella, desmotomy, donkey,
cattle, upward fixation.
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