Diagnostic reliability of stifle arthroscopy of pathological changes in cruciate deficient knee [in dogs]
2002
Necas, A. | Srnec, R. | Kecova, H. (Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Klinika Chorob Malych Zvirat)
The purpose of this study was to establish arthroscopy as a diagnostic and surgical procedure in dogs (42 cases) with cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) rupture and to evaluate its reliability in the diagnosis of intraarticular pathological changes in cruciate deficient stifles. Comparing stifle arthrotomy and arthroscopy, the diagnostic accuracy of arthroscopic findings ranged in dependence on the kind of lesion and intraarticular tissue affected in the stifle with CCL rupture from 92 to 100 %. Hundred percent reliability of arthroscopic findings was noted when evaluating the integrity of the cranial cruciate ligament. The diagnosis was wrong in two out of 25 cases of medial meniscal damage. Arthroscopic evaluation of the articular cartilage and synovial membrane was very precise and more detailed than during arthrotomy. Arthroscopy, after routine mastering of the technique, can thus be a reliable diagnostic method ensuring mini-invasiveness of evaluation of intraarticular structures in the stifle affected with CCL rupture.
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