relation: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/116348/
title: Incidence of complications associated with tibial tuberosity advancement in Boxer dogs
creator: de Lima Dantas, Bridgite
creator: Sul, Rui
creator: Parkin, Tim
creator: Calvo, Ignacio
description: Objective: To retrospectively review and describe the incidence of complications associated with tibial tuberosity advancement (TTA) surgical procedures in a group of Boxer dogs (n = 36 stifles) and compare the data with a non-Boxer control population (n = 271 stifles). Methods: Retrospective analysis of medical records to identify all dogs that underwent TTA surgery due to cranial cruciate ligament disease. These records were categorized into two groups: Boxer dogs and non-Boxer dogs (controls – all other breeds). Results: Of the 307 stifles included, 69 complications were reported in 58 joints. The complication rate differed significantly for Boxer dogs (16/36 stifles) and non-Boxer dogs (42/271 stifles), corresponding to an odds ratio of 5.8 (confidence interval: 1.96–17.02; p-value <0.001). Boxer dogs were more likely to undergo revision surgery and to develop multiple complications. The incidence of tibial tuberosity fractures requiring surgical repair (2/36 versus 1/271) and incisional infections requiring antibiotic treatment (three in each group) was significantly higher in the Boxer group. Clinical significance: Boxer dogs had more major and multiple complications after TTA surgery than the control non-Boxer group; these complications included higher rates of revision surgery, tibial tuberosity fractures requiring stabilization, and infection related complications. The pertinence and value of breed-specific recommendations for cranial cruciate ligament disease appears to be a subject worthy of further investigation.
publisher: Schattauer GmbH
date: 2016
type: Articles
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:    de Lima Dantas, Bridgite, Sul, Rui, Parkin, Tim <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/12457.html> and Calvo, Ignacio <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/6749.html>  (2016)  Incidence of complications associated with tibial tuberosity advancement in Boxer dogs.   Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Veterinary_and_Comparative_Orthopaedics_and_Traumatology.html>, 29(1),  pp. 39-45.   (doi: 10.3415/vcot-15-02-0036 <https://doi.org/10.3415/vcot-15-02-0036>) (PMID:26511285)        
relation: 10.3415/vcot-15-02-0036
identifier: 10.3415/vcot-15-02-0036