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The tarsus was placed at a standing angle of 150 degrees and the pre-contoured Fixin locking \u2018L\u2019 or \u2018T\u2019 plate was medially applied with two locking screws inserted in the calcaneus and two screws inserted in the distal tibia. Tendon healing judgement was mostly based on clinical palpation and ultrasound examination was not performed in all the cases. Plates were removed in all dogs 6 weeks postoperatively.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Results\u2003All tendons healed and no complications at the level of the tenorrhaphy were noted in the postoperative period. All dogs returned to hunting activity with full function of the affected limb. No major complications requiring revision surgery were observed. Minor complications occurred in two cases; osteomyelitis and screw pull-out.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n          Conclusion\u2003The use of a transarticular calcaneo-tibial locking plate for temporary immobilization of the tarsocrural joint after surgical repair of common calcaneal tendon rupture appears to be an effective technique with comparable results to other reported techniques.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0041-1730356","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,11]],"date-time":"2021-06-11T22:46:11Z","timestamp":1623451571000},"page":"359-366","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Use of a Transarticular Calcaneo-Tibial Locking Plate for Temporary Immobilization of the Tarsocrural Joint following Surgical Repair of Common Calcaneal Tendon Rupture in Eight Dogs"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"34","author":[{"given":"Alessandro","family":"Boero Baroncelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Veterinario Imperiese, Imperia, Italy"},{"name":"Clinica Albese per Animali da Compagnia, Alba, Cuneo, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesca Chiara","family":"Ferrero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinica Albese per Animali da Compagnia, Alba, Cuneo, Italy"},{"name":"Clinica Veterinaria Serravalle, Serravalle Scrivia, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luca","family":"Omodeo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Anubi Ospedale Veterinario, Moncalieri, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mattia","family":"Sarotti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Veterinario Fossanese, Fossano, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bart","family":"Verdonck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Huisdierchirurgie-Verdonck, Boechout, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bruno","family":"Peirone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Universit\u00e0 di Torino, Grugliasco (To), Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa Adele","family":"Piras","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Universit\u00e0 di Torino, Grugliasco (To), Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","first-page":"1023","volume-title":"Tarsus and metatarsus","author":"S Carmichael","year":"2012","edition":"1st edition"},{"key":"ref2","first-page":"1257","volume-title":"Treatment of avulsion of the gastrocnemius tendon","author":"J Reinke","year":"1988","edition":"4th edition"},{"issue":"04","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"391","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1532-950X.2004.04057.x","article-title":"Biomechanical and clinical evaluation of a modified 3-loop pulley suture pattern for reattachment of canine tendons to bone","volume":"33","author":"A P Moores","year":"2004","journal-title":"Vet Surg"},{"issue":"11","key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"407","DOI":"10.1136\/vr.c4190","article-title":"Retrospective study of Achilles mechanism disruption in 45 dogs","volume":"167","author":"S A Corr","year":"2010","journal-title":"Vet Rec"},{"issue":"07","key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"975","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-199907000-00010","article-title":"The effect of gap formation at the repair site on the strength and excursion of intrasynovial flexor tendons. 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