The influence of epidural anaesthesia on femoral overlap and Norberg angle in the hip joint of young dysplastic dogs

P. M. F. P. Vandekerckhove; L. A. A. Janssens; B. C. W. Ballieu

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1632768

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2003; 16(03): 127-131
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632768

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The influence of epidural anaesthesia on femoral overlap and Norberg angle in the hip joint of young dysplastic dogs

P. M. F. P. Vandekerckhove

¹Veterinary small animal clinic ANUBIS, Aartselaar, Antwerp, Belgium

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L. A. A. Janssens

¹Veterinary small animal clinic ANUBIS, Aartselaar, Antwerp, Belgium

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B. C. W. Ballieu

¹Veterinary small animal clinic ANUBIS, Aartselaar, Antwerp, Belgium

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Abstract

Summary

A retrospective study of 61 dogs that underwent triple pelvic osteotomy evaluated the effect of the epidural anaesthesia on the hip laxity as measured by the femoral overlap and Norberg angle before and after epidural anaesthesia. Both the femoral overlap and the Norberg angle measured on the non-operated hip decreased significantly after epidural anaesthesia. (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.001, respectively).

Keywords

Hip dysplasia - joint laxity - epidural anaesthesia

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