Patient Profile Flocke

A Weldix® tarsal MCL repair helps Flocke walk again

 

Breed: European Shorthair
Date of birth: March 06, 2016
Injury treated with
Weldix®:		 Left hind limb:
Ruptured tarsal medial collateral ligament
Product: 2x Weldix® 2.3mm Suture Anchor
Surgeon: Dr. Riccarda Schuenemann,
Small Animal Hospital
Sattledt, Austria
www.tierklinik-sattledt.at

 

 

Breed: European Shorthair
Date of birth: March 06, 2016
Injury treated with
Weldix®:		 Left hind limb:
Ruptured tarsal medial collateral ligament
Product: 2x Weldix® 2.3mm Suture Anchor
Surgeon: Dr. Riccarda Schuenemann,
Small Animal Hospital
Sattledt, Austria
www.tierklinik-sattledt.at

 

This snow-white European shorthair has a unique look and personality—her owners named her “Flocke” after the German word for snowflake. She’s very lucky to have recovered from a serious injury that happened to her in March 2018, at the age of two.

Flocke only had one hind limb left, since her right hind limb had been amputated before, and now, her left tarsal medial collateral ligament was ruptured. If she was to have any hope of a normal life, surgery was needed. Dr. Riccarda Schuenemann foresaw that with the right surgery a functional recovery was possible, so with the owner’s consent she replaced the ligament, using two VetWelding® Weldix® 2.3mm anchors in combination with a Prolene® USP 0 suture.

Flocke responded superbly. Within three weeks of the surgery she was moving around well on her surgically repaired leg, and after 6 week of recovery she was back to her normal routine, playing at her home on an Austrian farm.

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