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