Tibial Tuberosty Advancement

[staythecourse]

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Today at my clinic, we had a orthopedic specialist come in to perform a TTA on a Boxer with a blown ACL.

After respectfully asking the Doctor if I may observe/assist, I found myself in the surgery room masked/gowned/scrubbed up.

I must say, this procedure was awesome to watch.

If anyone knowns of any specific articles that give more in depth information about the procedure, please send me the link.

I just have a two page summary of the pre/post surgery functioning of the CCL and the comparisons of TTA's to TPLO's.

Thanks.

...And to all my fellow undergrads.. if you ever get a chance to observe a TTA, take it, awesome procedure

 

[fetch]

Can't vouch for any of the content, including age of. Just grabbed it after a quick search:

http://www.albemarlevet.com/site/vi...tyAdvancementTTA.pml;jsessionid=1m5fk4bu5qi8l



Articles:

Tibial tuberosity advancement for stabilization of the canine cranial cruciate ligament-deficient stifle joint: surgical technique, early results, and complications in 101 dogs
Vet Surg. August 2007;36(6):573-86.
Sarah Lafaver1, Nathan A Miller, W Preston Stubbs, Robert A Taylor, Randy J Boudrieau
1 Alameda East Veterinary Hospital, Denver, CO, USA.

Effect of 9 mm tibial tuberosity advancement on cranial tibial translation in the canine cranial cruciate ligament-deficient stifle
Vet Surg. June 2007;36(4):335-40.
Jonathan M Miller1, Peter K Shires, Otto I Lanz, Robert A Martin, J Wallace Grant
1 Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.

Tibial tuberosity advancement in 65 canine stifles
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2006;19(4):219-27.
D E Hoffmann1, J M Miller, C P Ober, O I Lanz, R A Martin, P K Shires
1 Department of Small animal Clinical Science, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1089, USA.

 

[WhtsThFrequency]

Ha ha! Otto Lanz....he's my musculoskeletal/ortho surg prof. And we just took a test including CrCL stuff. It's really an interesting procedure - Ortho is all about mechanics when you really think about it - balancing forces and pull and whatnot. Although we are all quite annoyed at him now because the test was very nitpicky.