Contralateral cruciate survival in dogs with unilateral non-contact cranial cruciate ligament rupture.

BACKGROUND: Non-contact cranial cruciate ligament rupture (CrCLR) is an important cause of lameness in client-owned dogs and typically occurs without obvious injury. There is a high incidence of bilateral rupture at presentation or subsequent contralateral rupture in affected dogs. Although stifle s...

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Main Authors: Peter Muir, Zeev Schwartz, Sarah Malek, Abigail Kreines, Sady Y Cabrera, Nicole J Buote, Jason A Bleedorn, Susan L Schaefer, Gerianne Holzman, Zhengling Hao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3187768?pdf=render