Morphometric measurements to predict meniscal size in skeletally mature dogs for meniscal transplantation.

Autor: Cradic DW; Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana., Aulakh KS; Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana., Hymel P; Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana., Barnes K; Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas., Gines JA; Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana., Rademacher N; Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana., Aulakh HK; Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana., Liu CC; Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Veterinary surgery : VS [Vet Surg] 2020 Jan; Vol. 49 (1), pp. 172-179. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Aug 21.
DOI: 10.1111/vsu.13313
Abstrakt: Objective: To determine a relationship between morphometric measurements (MM) and meniscal dimensions (MD) in the dog.
Study Design: Cadaveric study.
Animals: Eighteen mixed-breed canine cadavers (22.35 ± 4.06 kg); 36 each of medial and lateral menisci.
Methods: The following MM were obtained in duplicate: height at scapula, withers, pelvis, rump, and greater trochanter; chest circumference; pelvic circumference; length from occiput to the base of the tail; hock to stifle length (HS); body weight; body condition score; and body fat percentage (BF%). Stifles were disarticulated, and digital photographs of in situ menisci were used to obtain meniscal measurements in duplicate. Morphometric parameters were compared with MD via Pearson correlation (r). A correlation of r ≥ 0.65 was considered strong.
Results: The strongest correlation was noted between HS and MD, with r = 0.85 for lateral meniscal width, r = 0.77 for medial meniscal length, and r = 0.76 for medial meniscal width. Lateral meniscal length had the strongest correlation with height at rump (HRu) (r = 0.73). Body weight correlated strongly with meniscal width and fairly with meniscal length. Body condition score and BF% correlated weakly with MD.
Conclusion: Hock to stifle length was an easily obtainable variable and was proportional to MD.
Clinical Significance: Hock to stifle length may be considered by tissue banks and veterinary surgeons as a quick and cost effective screening tool for appropriate meniscal sizing in dogs.
(© 2019 The American College of Veterinary Surgeons.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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