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  2. Veterinary prosthesis - Wikipedia

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    A Pug with a prosthetic hind leg. A veterinary prosthesis is a medical device that takes the place of an absent body part for an animal. These devices are created with the intention of mimicking the body part to serve the same purpose and functionality. [1]

  3. Tibial-plateau-leveling osteotomy - Wikipedia

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    Dog's titanium TPLO implant [1]. TPLO, or tibial-plateau-leveling osteotomy, is a surgery performed on dogs to stabilize the stifle joint after ruptures of the cranial cruciate ligament (analogous to the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in humans, and sometimes colloquially called the same).

  4. Artificial ligament - Wikipedia

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    Approved by FDA in 1986 and adopted in clinics later, Gore-Tex cruciate ligament prosthesis demonstrated low rates of mechanical failure but high rates of rupture in follow-up. [16] Gore-Tex was then abandoned in ACL surgery and Leeds-Keio (LK) ligament was then adopted. In the later long term follow-up research, LK ligament demonstrated ...

  5. Cruciate ligament - Wikipedia

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    Stifle injuries are one of the most common causes of lameness in rear limbs in dogs, and cruciate ligament injuries are the most common lesion in the stifle joint. A rupture of the cruciate ligament usually involves a rear leg to suddenly become so sore that the dog can barely bear weight on it. [7] How a rupture can occur:

  6. Luxating patella - Wikipedia

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    Luxating patella cannot be present without the knee being loose, but a loose knee is not necessarily slipping out of the joint. Even with luxating patella, symptoms such as intermittent limping in the rear leg might be mild or absent. Physical examination and manual manipulation are the preferred methods for diagnosis.

  7. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - Wikipedia

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    Common problems during recovery include strengthening of the quadriceps, IT-band, and calf muscles. [citation needed] The main surgical wound is over the upper proximal tibia, which prevents the typical pain experienced when kneeling after surgery. The wound is typically smaller than that of a patellar ligament graft, and so causes less post ...

  8. List of orthopedic implants - Wikipedia

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    Orthopedic implant example seen with X-ray. An orthopedic implant is a medical device manufactured to replace a missing joint or bone, or to support a damaged bone. [1] The medical implant is mainly fabricated using stainless steel and titanium alloys for strength and the plastic coating that is done on it acts as an artificial cartilage. [2]

  9. Anterior cruciate ligament injury - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, ACL tears alone increase inflammatory markers in the knee which can have influence on the development of osteoarthritis. [63] Young female athletes have a significant risk of re-tearing an ACL graft, or tearing the ACL on the other knee after their recovery. This risk has been recorded as being nearly 1 out of every 4 young ...

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