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If your abstract is accepted as an oral presentation it will be published in the official journal of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, the European College of Veterinary Surgeons, and the Veterinary Endoscopy Society, ‘Veterinary Surgery’ and will be a citable reference. The VES Research Committee and Veterinary Surgery’s editorial office strongly encourages you to submit your full manuscript for publication in Veterinary Surgery.
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- Abstracts will be judged on scientific background and rationale, appropriateness of methods, interpretation of results and conclusions, significance, and overall clarity, including aspects like clear objectives, sound study design, consistency of findings with scientific knowledge, practical significance, and concise writing.
Resident Abstract Competition:
- The VES is excited to continue the house officer abstract competition at the upcoming annual meeting. House officer abstracts will be evaluated by a preselected committee of conference attendees using a standardized rubric. First place and honorary mention prizes will be awarded.
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- Format should be:
Title.
Author One – Last Name and Initials, Author Two.
Affiliation. (Note there is a period after the affiliation line.)
- Title: Must be in Title Case (Capitalize each word, but lowercase prepositions, conjunctions, etc.)
- If multiple authors with multiple institutions, need to flag each institution with a superscript number before the institution listing and use that numeral at the end of the author’s name. Use semi-colons to separate multiple institutions.
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Effect of Osteotomy and Plate orientation on Rock-Back following Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy Using a Tibial Gap Model.
Bula E, Abdullatif M, Chung WC, Mukherjee R, Dejardin LM*.
Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
Objectives: While rock-back (RB) is a known TPLO complication, its cause has not been elucidated. We proposed that RB is affected by 1) osteotomy orientation with respect to the caudal tibial cortex (uphill, normal and downhill) and 2) plate inclination with respect to the tibial mechanical axis (parallel. i.e. straight, and inclined). We hypothesized that greatest and smallest RB would result from the combination of a downhill osteotomy with an inclined plate and an uphill osteotomy with a straight (parallel) plate, respectively.
Methods: Tibial bone models were 3D printed from CT images of a 26kg dog with a 26-degree TPA. Models featured one of the 3 osteotomies with a 1mm interfragmentary gap. For each osteotomy, a 2.7mm TPLO plate (DePuy-Synthes) was applied either parallel to or at a 20-degree angle to the tibial mechanical axis. Specimens were cyclically loaded to ~400N using a custom press. Electromagnetic sensors affixed to the tibial plateau and crest were used to compare tibial plateau RB about the mediolateral axis.
Results: Within each osteotomy group, RB was ~1.5 times greater with inclined than straight plates (p<0.0001). Conversely, the orientation of the osteotomy had no significant effect on RB.
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that our model can replicate RB seen in vivo and that RB likely results from an accentuated disruptive force couple generated by an inclined plate as compared to a plate placed parallel to the tibial mechanical axis.