Cranial Cruciate Ligament Desmotomies in Sheep Resulting in Peroneus Tertius Injury

Figure 4

Gross changes in the peroneus tertius. Damage to the PT in six out of eight sheep that underwent CCLD was confirmed via postmortem dissection when compared to healthy unaffected sheep ((a) intact and (b) disrupted). Gross structural changes can also be seen when comparing an intact proximal PT tendon (c) to a damaged proximal PT tendon (d). This may lead to variable joint stability between test subjects.

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