A TOOL FOR CUSTOM-MADE INSTRUMENTS AND IMPLANT FOR ARTIFICIAL KNEE JOINT OF DOGS

摘要

Total knee replacement is the standard treatment for advanced knee osteoarthritis. An improved method of treating an osteochondral defect for knee osteoarthritis of dogs is provided, which is a composite tissue for treating or preventing a disease, disorder, or condition associated with an osteochondral defect with new technique. The new technique of custom made instruments and implants for dog and small animals is applied for different breeds of dogs regardless of their sizes and weights. The tool is a custom made instruments, which is based on capture of image based (CT or computed X-ray) to be transferred to electronic 3D model and apply 3D preoperative planning to design the tools are used to perform the knee surgery.