Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Comparing Implant Removal Rates After Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy Performed on a Mobile Service versus in a Specialist Orthopaedic Surgery Center: 916 Cases
Abstract The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to compare implant removal rate after tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) was performed by a single surgeon on a mobile service versus in an orthopaedic exclusive surgical centre (“in-centre”). Records for 916 TPLO performed either on a mobile basis or in-centre were reviewed including whether the implants were subsequently removed. Marginal logistic regression model was used to compare implant removal rates between the two cohorts and based upon type of …