A Lateral Retinacular Imbrication Technique for the Surgical Correction of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture in the Dog

Abstract

SUMMARY A lateral retinacular imbrication technique was used to repair rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in 57 stifles in 50 dogs during a 15-month period. Forty-two stifles in 37 dogs were evaluated from 2 to 13 months postoperatively. Medial patellar luxation coexisted with rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in 12 of the stifles and was also corrected at the time of surgery. The results were satisfactory in 85.7% of the cases evaluated (36 of 42 stifles). The success rate was higher (92.6%, or 25 of 27 stifles) in cases complicated by coexisting pathologic conditions of the stifle.