Title Page
Contents
ABSTRACT 8
1. Introduction 10
2. Materials and Methods 13
2.1. Case selection and grouping 13
2.2. Medical records 13
2.3. Surgical treatment and postoperative management 13
2.4. Radiographic image 14
2.5. Muscle mass measurement 14
2.6. Statistical analysis 16
3. Results 17
3.1. Signalment 17
3.1.1. Breed 17
3.1.2. Sex 17
3.1.3. Age 17
3.1.4. Body weight 21
3.2. Muscle mass 23
3.2.1. Comparison of bilateral preoperative and postoperative muscle mass in the right and left thigh muscle between Group A and Group B 23
3.2.2. Comparison of preoperative and postoperative muscle mass reduction rate in the right and left thigh muscle between Group A and Group B 25
4. Discussion 27
5. Conclusion 31
References 32
Abstract (in Korean) 34
Table 1. Breeds distribution of the group without lameness and the group with lameness after a single session bilateral medial patella luxation surgery 18
Table 2. Sex distribution of the group without lameness and the group with lameness after a single session bilateral medial patella luxation surgery 19
Table 3. Age distribution of the group without lameness and the group with lameness after a single session bilateral medial patella luxation surgery 20
Table 4. The body weight distribution of the group without lameness and the group with lameness after a single session bilateral medial patella luxation surgery 22
Table 5. Comparison of preoperative and postoperative thigh muscle mass of the group without lameness and the group with lameness after a single session bilateral medial patella luxation surgery 24
Table 6. Comparison of preoperative and postoperative muscle mass reduction rate in left and right thigh muscle between the group without lameness and the group with lameness after a single session bilateral medial patella luxation surgery 26
Figure 1. Thigh muscle mass measurement through ventrodorsal radiograph. 15