Cranial Cruciate Ligament Avulsion in a Skeletally Immature Saint Bernard Dog

B. Singh; H.R. Sukhiani; C. A. Tano; H. Dobson; C.W. Miller

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1632530

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1996; 09(04): 190-192
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632530

Case Report

Schattauer GmbH

Cranial Cruciate Ligament Avulsion in a Skeletally Immature Saint Bernard Dog

Authors

B. Singh

¹From the Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
H.R. Sukhiani

¹From the Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
C. A. Tano

¹From the Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
H. Dobson

¹From the Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
C.W. Miller

¹From the Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

Avulsion of the attachments of the cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) can occur in skeletally immature dogs. A case of avulsion of the tibial attachment of the CCL in a three-month-old Saint Bernard dog, along with the repair techniques and complications, is reported.

Keywords

Cranial cruciate ligament - avulsion - canine

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