Elbow

Question 1

Griffon, Vet Surg, 2018:
Comparison between radiographic, CT and arthroscopic assessments of RUI?

Answer 1

Griffon, Vet Surg, 2018:
Fair agreement between radiographic and CT assessments of RUI, fair to poor agreement between radiography/CT and arthroscopic assessments of RUI

Question 2

Mostafa, VCOT, 2019:
Did normalized humeroradial and humeroulnar distances increase or decrease in dogs with medial coronoid disease?

Answer 2

Mostafa, VCOT, 2019:
Normalized humeroradial and humeroulnar distances increased with MCPD

Question 3

Petkov, Vet Surg, 2019:
Radial torsion in dogs with medial coronoid disease vs healthy dogs?

Answer 3

Petkov, Vet Surg, 2019:
Radial torsion in healthy dogs was 3.4 degrees, whereas radial torsion in dogs with medial coronoid disease was 11.8 degrees

Question 4

Williams, VCOT, 2019:
Median time to diagnosis of lateral radial head subluxation following PUO?
Of the 63% of the dogs that underwent revision surgery, what % achieved resolution of the lateral radial head subluxation?

Answer 4

Williams, VCOT, 2019:
6.5 weeks to the diagnosis of lateral radial head subluxation
60% achieved resolution of lateral radial head subluxation and had acceptable to good mobility, 20% achieved resolution of lateral radial head subluxation but had poor post-op mobility

Question 5

Williams
Traumatic elbow luxation in Cats
JSAP 2020

Answer 5

61% re-luxation with closed reduction
0% in open reduction

Re-luxation increases with the duration of time from injury

Question 6

Coghill
Arthroscopy & PAUL vs. Arthroscopy
VCOT 2021

Answer 6

No benefit to PAUL

Proximal abducting ulnar osteotomy