SURGICAL CORRECTION OF BILATERAL PATELLAR LUXATION IN AN AMERICAN BLACK BEAR CUB (URSUS AMERICANUS)
| Autor: | Trina R. Bailey, Marion Desmarchelier, Katarina R. Bennett |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty General Veterinary biology business.industry Patellar Dislocation Chondroplasty Soft tissue General Medicine Anatomy biology.organism_classification Gait Surgery Lameness biology.animal medicine Animals Animal Science and Zoology Patellar luxation Carnivore Ursus American black bear business Ursidae |
| Zdroj: | Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 46(2) |
| ISSN: | 1042-7260 |
| Popis: | A wild orphaned male American black bear cub (Ursus americanus) presented with hind limb gait abnormalities and was found to have bilateral grade 3 laterally luxating patellas. There were no other significant abnormalities detected on neurologic, radiographic, or hematologic examinations. The trochlear grooves were deepened with a chondroplasty, and the redundant soft tissues imbricated. There was a marked improvement in the bear's gait postoperatively, with an apparent full return to function. To the authors' knowledge, patellar luxation has not been reported in the Ursidae family, and the success in this case suggests that this technique may be used in large wild or captive carnivore cubs. |
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