The Surgical Anatomical Measurements of Patellar Ligaments for Medial Patellar Desmotomy in Buffalo During Upward Patellar Fixation

Abstract

The study was aimed to determine the accurate location of giving incision and the width of the incision required to correct the problem of upward patellar fixation during blind method of medial patellar desmotomy. Measurements of patellar ligaments in stifle joint of 10 buffalo without any apparent musculo-skeletal disorders were took and analyzed. The average length and width of medial, middle and lateral patellar ligaments of buffalo were 12.715 ± 0.453 and 2.51 ± 0.152; 11.18 ± 0.342 and 2.23 ± 0.149; 11.34 ± 0.357 and 3.56 ± 0.267 cm respectively. The average groove width for buffalo between middle and medial ligament was 2.76 ± 0.232 cm and between middle and lateral ligament was 0.46 ± 0.07 cm. The highest width of groove between middle and medial patellar ligaments from the level of most cranial bulging of the cranial tibial tuberosity in the upward direction was 4.5 ± 0.262 cm. This study was suggested that incision should be made 4.5 ± 0.262 cm proximally from the level of the most cranial bulging of cranial tibial tuberosity at the groove between middle and medial patellar ligaments, 2.51 ± 0.152 cm the mean width of the medial ligament to be cut during blind method of medial patellar desmotomy in during surgical correction of upward patellar fixation in buffalo