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- Title
Contralateral cruciate survival in dogs with unilateral non-contact cranial cruciate ligament rupture.
- Authors
Muir, Peter; Schwartz, Zeev; Malek, Sarah; Kreines, Abigail; Cabrera, Sady Y; Buote, Nicole J; Bleedorn, Jason A; Schaefer, Susan L; Holzman, Gerianne; Hao, Zhengling
- Abstract
Non-contact cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CrCLR) is an important cause of lameness in client-owned dogs and typically occurs without obvious injury. There is a high incidence of bilateral rupture at presentation or subsequent contralateral rupture in affected dogs. Although stifle synovitis increases risk of contralateral CrCLR, relatively little is known about risk factors for subsequent contralateral rupture, or whether therapeutic intervention may modify this risk.
- Publication
PloS one, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 10, pe25331
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0025331