Veterinary surgery : VS
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Veterinary surgery : VS · Feb 2009
Clinical TrialTechniques of application and initial clinical experience with sliding humeral osteotomy for treatment of medial compartment disease of the canine elbow.
To determine medium-term clinical efficacy of sliding humeral osteotomy (SHO) for treatment of lameness and elbow pain associated with clinically diagnosed elbow disease featuring cartilage eburnation of the medial elbow compartment (medial compartment disease--MCD). ⋯ SHO is appropriate for clinical management of pain and lameness in select cases of canine MCD.