ArticleThe Journal of small animal practice2026
Modified cranial closing wedge ostectomy in 169 stifles: considerations on potential factors associated with construct failures.
Article in The Journal of small animal practice, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to evaluate risk factors for construct failure in dogs undergoing unilateral modified cranial closing wedge ostectomy for cranial cruciate ligament disease. MATERIALS AND
methodsHospital and radiographic data were collected retrospectively. A sub-group for construct failure analysis was formed consisting of construct failure stifles and weight and plate matched control stifles. The following factors were assessed in relation to construct failure: plate size, plate position, proximal tibial flare, presence of adjunctive fixation and pre-operative and post-operative tibial plateau angle.
resultsOne hundred and sixty-nine stifles were included within the overall data set, within which there was a major complication rate of 12% and a re-operation rate of 8%. There were 10 construct failure stifles and 52 weight and plate matched controls in the construct failure analysis. We found no difference between construct failure and weight and plate matched controls for plate position, proximal tibial flare, presence of adjunctive fixation and pre-operative or post-operative tibial plateau angle. Visual assessment of plate size relative to weight showed that consistently larger plates were used in comparison to those recommended for tibial plateau levelling osteotomy. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The lack of significance in any variable between construct failures and weight and plate matched controls is likely a type II error. Despite this, when planning a cranial closing wedge ostectomy consideration should be given to plate size, plate position, shape of the proximal tibia and the use of adjunctive fixation.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.