Sentences with phrase «luxation involves»

Patellar Luxation involves the dislocation of the kneecap — it sounds awfully painful but generally only acute conditions require treatment (usually surgery).

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Grade 3 or 4 luxations normally require surgery as greater pain or discomfort will be involved, along with reduced function of the leg or associated damage such as a cranial cruciate ligament rupture.

Over the last 23 years, Dr. Turpel has successfully performed more than 2000 orthopedic procedures involving Cranial Cruciate Ligament (CCL) injuries, patellar luxation, hip disease, amputations, OCD lesions, and simple to complex fractures.

Lens Luxation Lens Luxation is an inherited eye disease that involves dislocation of the lens of the eye, which may slip forward or backward.

It is probable that many cases of congenital patellar luxation have an hereditary component but this has not been studied in detail and as with hip dysplasia, it is likely that this is a polygenic disorder (several genes involved) and that dietary, lifestyle and environmental factors will also be involved.

It involves palpation of the joint and manual luxation of the patella.

A range of surgical procedures are used to correct patellar luxation, they involve deepening the groove (sulcoplasty or trochleoplasty), tightening the joint capsule on the luxating side (joint capsule imbrication) or loosening the joint capsule or the non-luxating side (desmotomy) and moving the tibial crest to straighten the patellar ligament (tibial crest transposition).