SA223P - Team Canapp: Stifle Pain: But It’s Stable, Now What?

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

4:35 PM – 5:25 PM

Location: Lagoon J, Level 2

Earn 1 CE Hours

Co-Presenter(s)

Debra A. Canapp, DVM, DACVSMR

Co-Founder
Canapp Sports Medicine, LLC
Annapolis Junction, Maryland, United States

Handouts
Sherman O. Canapp, Jr., MS, DACVS, DVM, DACVSMR, CCRT

Co-Founder
Canapp Sports Medicine, LLC
OAKLAND, MD, United States

Moderator(s)

Holly Weber, DVM

Best Friends Animal Hospital
Sarasota, FL, United States

What can you do with early partial CCL tears? Cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) injuries are the most common cause of hind limb lameness in dogs. While there are numerous surgical options available when instability due to a partial or complete CCL tear is noted, the challenge is how to address early, partially stable tears. If a patient presents with intermittent hind limb lameness, stifle pain, and effusion and is non-responsive to rest and NSAIDs, what are the next steps? This presentation walks you through the step-by-step palpation techniques and diagnostic tests used to help identify early partial CCL tears. It reviews and demonstrates treatment options that include medical management, rehabilitation therapy, and regenerative medicine / orthobiologic injections.

Learning Objectives:

How to identify early partial CCL tears on palpation
Diagnostics to help confirm the injury
Treatment options that include medical management, rehabilitation therapy, and regenerative medicine/orthobiologic injections
Real-life case study: history, presentation, diagnostics, treatments, rehab, recovery, and return to function