Studies on incidence and evaluation of the closed medial patellar desmotomy in lateral recumbency in bovines

AIM: The present study was conducted to find out the incidence and to evaluate the effectiveness of medial patellar desmotomy (MPD) in lateral recumbency in bovines. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred and fifteen clinical cases of upward fixation of the patella in cattle and buffaloes were treated by closed MPD in lateral recumbency. Probable etiologies, symptoms and site of surgery including disease occurrence with respect to species, sex and season were also recorded. RESULTS: In the present study, the highest incidence was reported in bullocks. A high success rate was obtained with the closed method in lateral recumbency. CONCLUSION: Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the bullocks were more prone to upward fixation of patella and symptoms were exaggerated in winter season. Closed method of MPD was more suited in both cattle and buffaloes.