Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2003; 16(03): 127-131
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632768
Original Research
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The influence of epidural anaesthesia on femoral overlap and Norberg angle in the hip joint of young dysplastic dogs

P. M. F. P. Vandekerckhove
1   Veterinary small animal clinic ANUBIS, Aartselaar, Antwerp, Belgium
,
L. A. A. Janssens
1   Veterinary small animal clinic ANUBIS, Aartselaar, Antwerp, Belgium
,
B. C. W. Ballieu
1   Veterinary small animal clinic ANUBIS, Aartselaar, Antwerp, Belgium
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Publication History

Received 18 November 2001

Accepted 15 January 2003

Publication Date:
22 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

A retrospective study of 61 dogs that underwent triple pelvic osteotomy evaluated the effect of the epidural anaesthesia on the hip laxity as measured by the femoral overlap and Norberg angle before and after epidural anaesthesia. Both the femoral overlap and the Norberg angle measured on the non-operated hip decreased significantly after epidural anaesthesia. (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.001, respectively).