Conservative Treatment Of Canine Hip Dysplasia And Its Efficacy Evaluation

Canine hip dysplasia(CHD), is a typical orthopedic disease pain which seriously affecting the life quality of dogs, its clinical features are pain, movement disorders and dysfunction. Due to technical problems and high cost, conservative treatment is usually introduced for CHD. The present study aimed to make an objective assessment of conservative treatment and indicate the correct direction for the treatment of CHD.The diagnosis of CHD was confirmed by medical history, clinical symptoms and X-ray examination. 24 dogs suffering from CHD were treated with traditional conservative treatment, including pain management, cartilage protection, restricted activity and weight reduction. In order to evaluate the effect of conservative treatment, all 24 CHD dogs were graded into excellent, good, average and bad level due to clinical evaluation and X-ray before and after treatment.After 1-2 months’ conservative treatment, 5 out of 7 CHD dogs of "good" level could walk normally or even jogged, 5 out of 9 CHD dogs of "average" level showed normal walking or slight limp. After more than 3 months’ conservative treatment, 4 out of 8 CHD dogs of "bad" level demonstrated alleviated limp.It is revealed that conservative treatment is the last choice in case of poor medical technology and equipment condition as well as economic condition, since this treatment could only relieve pain and alleviate symptoms without achieving complete cure. Pubic or pelvic muscle amputation mito incision surgery was introduced to dogs with innate or hip oarthritis mild dysplasia slong with conservative treatment; Dogs with moderate or severe osteoarthritis hip dysplasia should be treated with conservative treatment as well as false femoral head excision arthroplasty or total hip arthroplasty.