Source: SMALL ANIMAL SURGERY
 May 1, 2007
By:Theresa Welch Fossum, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS
Ligament injury to the tarsal joint may result from injury within or surrounding the tarsocrural, proximal intertarsal, distal intertarsal, or tarsometatarsal joints.
 |
Source: SMALL ANIMAL SURGERY
May 1, 2007
By:Theresa Welch Fossum, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS
Multiple ligament injuries are injuries in which the cranial or caudal cruciate ligaments and collateral ligaments are damaged simultaneously.
|
Source: SMALL ANIMAL SURGERY
May 1, 2007
By:Theresa Welch Fossum, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS
Rickettsial polyarthritis is infection of the joints caused by small microorganisms that typically occur intracellularly in arthropods.
|
Source: SMALL ANIMAL SURGERY
May 1, 2007
By:Theresa Welch Fossum, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS
Feline chronic progressive polyarthritis is an immune-mediated disease of male cats and is associated with progressive periosteal-proliferative and erosive polyarthritis.
|
Source: SMALL ANIMAL SURGERY
May 1, 2007
By:Theresa Welch Fossum, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS
Acetabular fractures occur after blunt trauma, most often vehicular accidents, and are usually concomitant with other pelvic pathology.
|
Source: SMALL ANIMAL SURGERY
May 1, 2007
By:Theresa Welch Fossum, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS
The sacroiliac joint is often injured when the pelvis is fractured. Displacement of the pelvic girdle after a fracture requires bilateral separation of the sacroiliac joints, fracture of the pelvic bones at three sites, or a combination of these injuries.
|
Source: SMALL ANIMAL SURGERY
May 1, 2007
By:Theresa Welch Fossum, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVS
Carpal fractures and tarsal fractures may cause a loss of weight-bearing support if integrity of these bones is disrupted. A plantigrade stance occurs when the foot is positioned such that the plantar surface of the calcaneus contacts the ground. A valgus position of the foot is an outward deviation; a varus position is an inward deviation.
|
| 
Featuring Information from: