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Patellar Luxation 1439.e1
Patellar Luxation
VetBooks.ir Lameness, joint pain, and patellar luxation
Mild clinical signs Moderate clinical signs Severe clinical signs
and radiographic and radiographic and radiographic
changes changes changes
No
Soft-tissue • NSAIDs Soft-tissue procedures, Soft-tissue procedures,
procedures, • Weight loss improvement groove deepening orthopedic reconstruction
keeping femoral • Physical tuberosity transposition plus corrective
groove rehabilitation osteotomies of femur/tibia
• Analgesics
EDITED BY: Leah A. Cohn, DVM, PhD, DACVIM
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY: Joseph Harari, DVM, MS, DACVS
Clinical Algorithms
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