title: Arthroscopic, Computed Tomography, and Radiographic Findings in 25 Dogs With Lameness After Arthroscopic Treatment of Medial Coronoid Disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the radiographic, computed tomography (CT), and arthroscopic findings in the elbow of dogs admitted for elbow lameness after previous arthroscopic treatment of medial coronoid disease (MCD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Client-owned dogs (n = 25) admitted for elbow lameness after arthroscopic treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical records (2005-2009), including radiographs, CT images, and arthroscopic findings, from the first and second presentation of dogs diagnosed with medial coronoid disease were searched and reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-nine joints were included in this study. The mean age at first treatment was 2.2 years. Second presentation was at a mean of 2.7 years later and progressive osteoarthritis and cartilage damage was noticed in all joints. Arthroscopic findings included a calcified body in 11/29 joints (38%), multiple small calcified bodies in 1/29 joint (3%), loose scar tissue in 12/29 joints (42%), and immobile scar tissue in 2/29 joints (7%). Three of 29 joints (10%) did not have any calcified body or loose scar tissue found but had erosion of the medial compartment as the only pathology diagnosed in the coronoid region. Characteristics of flexor enthesopathy were identified in 9/29 joints (31%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Arthroscopic treatment of MCD, even with limited cartilage lesions, may not resolve lameness in some dogs. Calcified bodies or loose scar tissue near the medial coronoid process are a frequent followup finding in these joints.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging and Small Animals Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coppieters
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging and Small Animals Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seghers
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging and Small Animals Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verhoeven
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging and Small Animals Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gielen
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging and Small Animals Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Samoy
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging and Small Animals Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: Evelien
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Bakker
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medical Imaging and Small Animals Orthopaedics, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Ryssen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D005552:Forelimb / Q000601:surgery*; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000662:veterinary; D016896:Treatment Outcome