Sentences with phrase «tibia plateau»

Not exact matches

Instead of rotating the bone to flatten the plateau like TPLO, a cut is made on the non-weight bearing front part of the tibia and the patellar tendon is advanced and plated as a wedge at a new perpendicular angle.

The idea is to change the angle at which the femur bears weight on the flat «plateau» of the tibia.

Studies have shown that if this pull is directed at 90 degrees to the tibial plateau then the tendency to pull the tibia forward is eliminated.

The TPLO corrects the torn / partially torn CCL by re-orienting the tibial plateau (the top of the tibia) so that it is more nearly flat.