Self-reducing hips

Re: Self-reducing hips

Judith Joyce — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:06:37 GMT

Hardly ever - and in a ventral reduction it would be contraindicated.

Malcolm N

Re: Self-reducing hips

mariette asselbergs — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:25:17 GMT

Do you use an Elmer sling after replacing?

Mariette

Re: Self-reducing hips

Judith Joyce — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:38:09 GMT

Consider a ventral surgical approach to allow you to debride the joint (the Teres ligament will be damaged and swollen, impairing full reduction) then suturing the torn/avulsed joint capsule and imbricating the periarticular soft tissues.

Revise your anatomy first, there are some big things thereabouts that don't need cutting!!

Malcolm N

Re: Self-reducing hips

An On MRCVS — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:28:34 GMT

And it's out again - the partner started playing a Chinese flute, or somesuch tree hugging hippy crap, and the dog panicked. However, pain is definitely increased on palpation, so my theory would be that previous nerve compromise and post-trauma muscle slackness have gone. As the dog is living with me, I'm much more minded to keep replacing it under light GA and see where we come to. If by the time the skin lesions have all healed the hip's not stable, it'll be an excisional arthroplasty alongside castration.

Re: Self-reducing hips

Mark Hedberg — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:41:38 GMT

Well, if you had bruising and swelling, and the swelling went down after a few days, might be that you had a less than 100% hip joint that went back in when things tightened back up.

Got an xray?