Prospective evaluation of canine partial limb amputation with socket prostheses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Canine prostheses have been commercially available for many years but are still in early stages of research, development, and clinical application.

Objective

To prospectively investigate mid-term clinical outcomes of partial limb amputation with a socket prosthesis (PLASP) in canine patients via a descriptive prospective clinical case series and to describe a clinical protocol for PLASP.

Methods

Client-owned dogs (n = 12) with distal limb pathology for which total limb amputation was recommended were enrolled. Partial limb amputation was performed and a socket prosthesis was moulded and fitted to the limb. Complications, clinical follow-up, and objective gait analysis (OGA) were recorded for at least 6 months. An online survey was completed by owners after

SUBMITTER: Wendland TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10357256 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature