Table 2.
Distribution of orthopaedic disorders in surgically treated dogs at two Veterinary Teaching Hospitals
| Disorder or injury | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Fracture tarsus | 10 (1.02) |
| Infraspinatus contracture | 11 (1.12) |
| Shoulder complex | 15 (1.52) |
| Fracture MC/MT/Paw | 19 (1.93) |
| OC Stifle | 20 (2.03) |
| Luxation hip | 21 (2.13) |
| Fracture humerus | 22 (2.24) |
| Collateral ligament rupture | 22 (2.24) |
| Fracture femur | 34 (3.46) |
| Fracture tibia/fibula | 48 (4.88) |
| OC Shoulder | 52 (5.29) |
| Other diagnoses* | 74 (7.52) |
| Total other diagnoses | 348 (35.6) |
| Fracture radius/ulna | 114 (11.59) |
| Elbow dysplasia | 131 (13.31) |
| MCD | 103 (10.47) |
| OC elbow | 23 (2.34) |
| UAP | 5 (0.51) |
| Medial patellar luxation | 131 (13.31) |
| CCLD | 260 (26.42) |
| Total diagnosis of interest | 636 (64.6) |
| Total | 984 (100) |
Data presented as the number (percentage) of dogs surgically treated for orthopaedic diseases at the University Animal Hospital, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the University Animal Hospital, Norwegian University of Life Sciences over a 5-year period
Italic is used to mark the diagnoses that is combined in the elbow dysplasia category
OC osteochondrosis, UAP ununited anconeal process, MC metacarpus, MT metatarsus, MCD medial compartment disease, CCLD cranial cruciate ligament disease
*Diagnoses with <1% of surgically treated orthopaedic cases summarised