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What are the structures used to check for hip dysplasia?
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Tuber Sacrale, Ischial tuber, Greater trochanter
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Hip dysplasia is common in what breeds?
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Large breeds
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Is hip dysplasia a developmental problem?
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Yes
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What are some characteristics of hip dysplasia?
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Shallow acentabulum, and or flatted femoral head
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How do you preform a Craniolateral surgical approach to the hip joint?
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Make an incision btw the biceps femoris and pull it caudally. Pull the tensor fascia crainally. This exposes the vastus lateralis. The articularis coxae is also exposed so you can see the joint cavity.
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What is the main muscle of stifle extension?
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Quadriceps femoris
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What is the insertion of the quadriceps mm.?
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Tibial tuberosity
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True or false: heavy muscling in the Pelvic limb protects the femur from fractures.
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False the femur is commonly fractured below mid-shaft.
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How are femur fractures healed?
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Intermedullary pin
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What is the most convient approach to surgically preform a repair of femoral fracture.
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Lateral approach
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What is the surgical approach to fixing fractures of the femur?
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Make and incision trhough the skin, fascia latea,and bicpes femoris. Reflect the biceps femoris caudally, and reflect the vastus lateralis cranially to expose the shaft.
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What is the surgical approach to the femur?
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Make an incision through the skin, fascia latae, biceps femoris. The biceps femoris is then reflected caudally. The vastus lateralis is reflected cranially to expose the shaft of the bone.
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