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Allograft
Bone transplanted from one animal to another of the same species
Apophyseal osteotomies
Procedures performed to enhance surgical exposure of a joint
Autograft
Bone transplanted from one site to another in the SAME animal
Avulsion fracture
Occurs when the insertion point of a tendon or ligament is fractured and distracted form the rest of the bone
Bridging plates
Span a comminuted fracture
Cerclage wire
Orthopaedic wire placed around the circumference of the bone and compressing an oblique fracture
Closed reduction
Fractured bone alignment performed without a surgical exposure
Compression plates
Plates that act to compress the fracture
Corrective osteotomies
Elective procedure in which the diaphysis or metaphysis of the bone is cut, realigned and stabilised until union occurs
Cranial drawer test
The abnormal movement elicited during a PE that is caused by the tibia sliding cranially in relationship to the femur in the absence of the cranial cruciate ligament
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