Surgery treatment for cranial ligament rupture in dogs by extracapsular lateral suture

Abstract

Study on “ Surgery treatment for cranial ligament rupture in dogs by extracapsular lateral suture” was conducted at the Veterinary Hospital of Nong Lam University and Son Ca Veterinary Clinic (Go Vap district). The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficiency of Surgery treatment for cranial ligament rupture in dogs by extracapsular lateral suture (ECLS) with natural ligament (fascia lata) and artificial ligament (polyester fibres).
The study was carried out with 10 dogs, they were divided into the 2 groups (5 dogs/group), the first group was applied with natural ligament, and the other with artificial ligament. Cranial cruciate ligament rupture of all cases was created artificially. The studied results showed below:
ECLS method with natural ligament (fascia lata) prolonged the surgery time (86 vs 66.6 minutes) and the time for weight-bearing on those limbs was lower (6.8 vs 4.2 days) in comparison to the application of artificial ligament (polyester fibres). Post-surgery pain assessment by Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale (CMPS) for dogs showed that ECLS using natural ligament caused more pain than the cases of artificial ligament (85.4 vs 50 scores).
Through observation, we recognized that ECLS method applying the natural ligament prolonged the wound healing time (11.8 vs 7.6 days) and the post-surgery rehabilitation time on those limbs in comparison to the artificial ligament cases.
The cost for ECLS with natural ligament was higher than the other: 23.62% (368.000 VND). After 3 months of ECLS treatment, the dogs with natural ligament application (femur tendon membrane) and artificial ligament application (polyester fibres), were all moving normally.