Sentences with phrase «permanently luxated»

IV Patella is permanently luxated and there may be up to 90 % rotation of the tibial plateau lameness is marked

Grade 3: The patella will be permanently luxated along with tibial torsion and deviation of the tibial crest as much as 50 degrees from its normal plane.

Grade 4: The patella will be permanently luxated.

Patella luxation, or knee dislocation, can range in severity from a patella that can be luxated (dislocated) only in extreme extension and then snaps readily into place, to a patella that is permanently luxated medially (toward the center of the dog's body).