Objective: To meet the challenge of producing a clinical outcome measure, with wide application and acceptance in both clinical practice and academia for evaluating cruciate surgery in the dog.Background: Cruciate surgery in the dog has gone through a number of changes over the years since 1952 when Paatsama published his original MSc thesis in Finland describing the use of bone tunnels and a fascia graft for replacing the ruptured cranial cruciate ligament.
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