“…To the best of our knowledge there are incomplete data to evaluate variations in the geometry of the medullary canal of proximal femur in dog. The isthmus position index (IPI), the corticomedullary index (CMI) and the canal flare index (CFI) are the most useful bone indices to evaluate objectively proximal femoral geometry in respect to THA (Abadie et al, 2010;Breusch, 2005;Noble et al, 1988;Noble et al, 2003;Palierne et al, 2006;Palierne et al, 2008;Rawal et al, 2012;Umer et al, 2010;Yeung et al, 2006;Yang et al, 2014). The isthmus position is measured in human femur studies (Noble et al, 1998;Noble et al, 2003;Rawal et al, 2012;Sugano et al, 1998;Umer et al, 2010;Yang et al, 2014).…”