[Prosthetic replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament in dogs by carbon fibres (author's transl)].
Division of the anterior cruciate ligament in dogs usually leads to degenerative arthrosis of the knee after a few weeks. The authors have replaced the anterior cruciate ligament in 7 dogs by an artificial ligament made of carbon fibre. The results were analysed after seven months. In all cases the artificial ligaments had been affected in spite of good clinical behaviour. The fibrous invasion of the carbon fibres was poor. Most of the knees had cartilaginous lesions of the arthrotic type, the synovium was the site of foreign body reaction surrounding deposits of carbon and some carbon deposits were found in lymph glands in the inguinal region.
D000818:Animals; D002244:Carbon; D000077482:Carbon Fiber; D004285:Dogs; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008023:Ligaments, Articular; D008297:Male
D000077482:Carbon Fiber; D002244:Carbon
Prothèse ligamentaire en fibres de carbone. Etude expérimentale en situation intra-articulaire chez le chien.