TRAUMATIC LUXATIONS OF THE ELBOW IN CATS AND DOGS

• DOI: 10.16988/iuvfd.91160
• Publication Date: 2006-01-01
• Authors: Özlem Güzel; Kemal Altunatmaz; Murat Şaroğlu; Özgür Aksoy

ABSTRACT Elbow luxation is seen frequently in small animal practice. A large proportion of these luxations occur laterally. The material this study included 5 cats and 17 dogs brought to Istanbul University, Faculty Veterinary Medicine. Department Surgery from 1998 2004. complain inability functional using the forelimb. Open or closed reduction was carried out, depend on condition luxation. According degree lameness during walking, clinical results for were classified as: excellent 4 cases, good 2 fair cases poor 1 case. Clinical open reduction, also determined depending same criteria case, case 6 cases. Radiological both assessed at end study. achieved after found be more satisfactory. Key words: Elbow, joint, traumatic luxation, treatment, cat, dog. KEDI VE KOPEKLERDE TRAVMATIK DIRSEK CIKIKLARI OZET Kucuk hayvan pratiginde travmatik dirsek eklemi cikiklari yaygin olarak gozlenir. Cikiklarin buyuk cogunlugu lateral dogrultuda sekillenir. Calisma materyalini 1998-2004 yillari arasinda Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Cerrahi Anabilim Dali Klinigi'ne ayagina basamiyor sikâyetiyle getirilen kedi, kopek olusturdu. Olgulara cikigin durumuna gore acik ya da kapali ret uygulandi. Kapali uygulamasinda klinik sonuclar, yuruyus sirasinda olusan topalligin derecesine gore; olguda mukemmel, iyi, orta ve zayif belirlendi. Acik ayri kriterler dogrultusunda yapilan degerlendirmede sonuclar; gozlendi. sonunda. uygulanan olgulara ait radyolojik sonuclar degerlendirildi. Buna gore, reddi takiben elde edilen daha memnuniyet verici bulundu. Anahtar Kelimeler: Dirsek, eklem, cikik, sagaltim, kopek.