Effect of tibial rotation on the tibial plateau angle measurement in dogs: An ex vivo study

Autor: J. Alberto Gines, Chin-Chi Liu, Karanvir S. Aulakh, Corinne L. Buirkle, Nathalie Rademacher, Katherine Barnes
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Veterinary Surgery. 48:408-416
ISSN: 1532-950X
0161-3499
DOI: 10.1111/vsu.13172
Popis: To determine the effect of tibial rotation on radiographic tibial plateau angle (TPA) measurement in normal and cranial cruciate ligament (CrCL)-deficient stifles.Cadaveric study.Five pairs of canine cadaver hind limbs with no stifle osteoarthritis.Mediolateral radiographs of each specimen were obtained at 0°, 10°, 20°, and 30° of internal and external rotation of the tibia with both intact and transected CrCL. Two Kirschner wires were placed at the cranial and caudal landmarks of the tibial plateau, and the 0° views were imaged again, representing the anatomic TPA. Five observers measured the TPA twice on all images. Measurements were compared by using a mixed-model ANOVA. Intraobserver and interobserver variability were evaluated by using the coefficient of variation.Tibial plateau angle did not differ among the anatomic, CrCL-intact, and CrCL-deficient 0° views or between the CrCL-intact and CrCL-deficient views at the various tibial rotations. The only difference detected was between CrCL-intact stifles radiographed at 0° and external rotation (range, 1.16°-1.6°; P = .016, P = .001, and P .001). Tibial rotation, CrCL transection, and their interaction all failed to influence intraobserver and interobserver variability (P .05).In CrCL-deficient stifles, tibial rotation of up to 30° internally and externally did not result in clinically relevant changes in TPA measurements.The TPA can be successfully measured with up to 30° of internal and external tibial rotation in CrCL-deficient stifles with no osteoarthritic changes.
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