Tratamiento de un caso de osteocondritis disecante bilateral de cóndilo femoral lateral mediante la combinación de la técnica OATS (Osteochondral Autograft Transfer Surgery) y el uso postquirúrgico de plasma rico en factores de crecimiento en un perro
- I. Prada Areán 1
- J.R. Altónaga 1
- M. Amatto 1
- J. Rial 2
- M. Gonzalo Orden 1
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Universidad de León
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- 2 Hospital Veterinario Marina Baixa
ISSN: 1130-7064
Year of publication: 2017
Volume: 37
Issue: 2
Pages: 103-109
Type: Article
More publications in: Clínica veterinaria de pequeños animales: revista oficial de AVEPA, Asociación Veterinaria Española de Especialistas en Pequeños Animales
Abstract
Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) is the last stage of osteochondrosis (OC), a bone disease caused by an abnormal development in the endochondral ossification of the epiphyseal growth plate. This is because of the lack of blood supply and nutrition, and it may have clinical consequences. The lateral femoral condyle in canine´s stifle joint is one of the body’s anatomical regions that have the highest predisposition to this kind of injury. The Osteochondral Autograft Transfer Surgery (OATS) is an effective technique for the treatment of the osteochondritis dissecans. This technique consists in the transplantation of one or more cylinders of healthy articular cartilage and subchondral bone, from a region of limited weight bearing area to the chondral defect. This study describes a successful alternative technique to the treatment of the bilateral osteochondritis dissecans in the lateral femoral condyle by OATS. This different approach would be another possibility to resolve this alteration in a single surgical procedure, apart from the traditional ones. On the other hand, it also shows the benefits derived from the combination of bilateral OATS with the successful use of intra-articular injections and postoperative plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) to stimulate the osseointegration of the graft.