ArticleOpen veterinary journal2023
Evaluation of proximodistal patellar alignment in small breed dogs with or without patellar luxation using the Insall-Salvati, Caton-Deschamps, and Blackburne-Peel indices.
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- Morphometric assessment of the femoral trochlea, patella and patellar ligament in small breed dogs with and without grade II medial patellar luxation.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the Tibial Plateau-Patella Angle (TPPA) in Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Patellar luxation in dogs is thought to be related to proximally (patella alta) or distally (patella baja) positioned patella in the femoral trochlea. Aim: The aim of the present study was to calculate and compare the values of Insall-Salvati (ISI), Caton-Deschamps (CDI), and Blackburne-Peel indices (BPI) in orthopedically healthy dogs and dogs with various grades of medial patellar luxation (MPL) from small breeds on mediolateral radiographs. Methods: The study included 87 dogs (138 stifles) from four breeds (Mini-Pinschers, Pomeranians, Chihuahuas, and Yorkshire terriers). Seventy joints (53 dogs) were diagnosed with various grades of MPL and another 68 joints from 34 dogs, free of orthopedic or neurological disorders, were used as controls. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to evaluate the diagnostic value of the three indices. Results: The CDI and BPI showed no significant difference between healthy and MPL joints. The ROC analysis showed that all three studied indices of proximodistal patellar position had poor diagnostic values with low sensitivity and specificity of respective cutoff values. Conclusion: In dogs from the studied four small breeds, the proximodistal ISI, CDI, and BPI patellar indices could not discriminate reliably between healthy stifle joints and joints with MPL.
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