Sentences with phrase «lateral imbrication»

Lateral imbrication «tightens» the kneecap to the outside of the knee, also keeping the patella from slipping.

Thus a medial patellar luxation is treated with a lateral imbrication, and vice-versa.

My canine has had bilateral trochlear wedge recessions, tibial tuberosity transpositions, and stifle corrections with a lateral imbrication along with a medial release on the right stifle after a diagnosis of bilateral grade III / IV MPL.