Evaluation of clinical, radiographical and cytological findings compared to arthroscopic findings in shoulder joint lameness in the dog

S. Åkerblom; L. Sjöström

doi:10.1160/VCOT-06-06-0050

Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Table of Contents

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2007; 20(02): 136-141
DOI: 10.1160/VCOT-06-06-0050

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Evaluation of clinical, radiographical and cytological findings compared to arthroscopic findings in shoulder joint lameness in the dog

S. Åkerblom

¹Strömsholm Referral Animal Hospital, Strömsholm, Sweden

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L. Sjöström

¹Strömsholm Referral Animal Hospital, Strömsholm, Sweden

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Abstract

Summary

Forty-two dogs with lameness emanating from the shoulder joint were studied by clinical examination, radiographic examination, joint fluid analysis, and arthroscopic examination, following a set protocol. Dogs with mild clinical signs, absent or mild radiographic signs of osteoarthrosis, and without or with very mild changes in the synovial fluid, may still have moderate to severe degenerative pathological changes in the shoulder joint.

Keywords

Arthroscopy - radiography - cytology - shoulder - dog

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