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Retrospective multicentre evaluation of common calcaneal tendon injuries in 66 cats:
Part 1: study population, injury specification and classification (2023)

Art

Zeitschriftenartikel / wissenschaftlicher Beitrag

Autoren

Häußler, Thomas C

Kornmayer, Matthias

Scheich, Miriam

Fischer, Andreas

Feichtenschlager, Christian J

Rohwedder, Thomas (WE 20)

Quelle

Journal of feline medicine and surgery : official journal of the European Society of Feline Medicine

Bandzählung: 25

Heftzählung: 1

Seiten: 1098612X2211312

ISSN: 1098-612x

Sprache

Englisch

Verweise

URL (Volltext): http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1098612X221131253

DOI: 10.1177/1098612X221131253

Pubmed: 36706012

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14163 Berlin
+49 30 838 62422
kleintierklinik@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

Abstract / Zusammenfassung

Objectives: The objective of the first part of this retrospective multicentre study was to identify and classify common calcaneal tendon (CCT) injuries in a study population of 66 cats.

Methods: The medical records of five different small animal referral centres and veterinary teaching hospitals between 2010 and 2020 were reviewed. In addition to patient-specific data, CCT injuries were characterised in detail. Diagnostic modalities and further comorbidities were recorded.

Results: Sixty-six cats met the inclusion criteria. The mean age of the cats was 7.5 years (range 0.5-16.3) and their mean body weight (BW) was 4.6 kg (range 1.5-9.0). Thirty-four spayed females (51.5%), five intact females (7.6%) and 27 castrated males (40.9%) were included. Most cases involved closed injuries of the CCT (69.7%). Twenty-one of 46 cats had closed atraumatic injuries (45.7%). Open injuries (30.3%) were most commonly lacerations (65%). Twenty-one injuries were classified as atraumatic (31.8%), whereas 25 were traumatic (37.9%). With every year of age, the odds of having an atraumatic injury increased by a factor of 1.021. Cats with atraumatic injuries had a higher mean BW than cats with traumatic injuries, but the difference was not statistically significant. Acute injuries were recorded in 40.9% of cases, whereas 51.5% of cats had a subacute CCT injury and 7.6% had chronic lesions. Most acute lesions were Meutstege type I injuries (55.6%). Subacute and chronic lesions were more commonly Meutstege type IIc injuries (58.8% and 60%, respectively). Considering all CCT injuries, a Meutstege type IIc injury was most common (53%).

Conclusions and relevance: The most common type of injury was Meutstege type IIc. Cats with atraumatic injuries had a higher mean BW than cats with traumatic injuries, but the difference was not statistically significant. Older cats more commonly presented with atraumatic CCT injuries.