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Vol. 59? (3) 2004 DORSAL PATELLAR FIXATION IN CATTLE: DESMOTOMY ON LATERAL RECUMBENCYLuiz Ant?nio Franco da Silvaa*, Maria Clorinda Soares Fioravanti a, Duvaldo Euridesb, Ingrid Bueno Ataydec, Carla Afonso Silvad, Olízio Claudino Silvac and Bruno Rodrigues Trindadeea DVM, Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine of Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil.? * address for correspondence: Rua 18-A, 591, apt. 502, ed. Acau?, Setor Aeroporto. 74 070-060 Goiania - Goiás - Brazil.b DVM, Professor, Department of Veterinary Medicine of Universidade Federal de Uberlandia, MG, Brazil.c Post-graduation student (Doctorate) on Veterinary Medicine at Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil.d DVM, DNR grantee of CNPq at the Department of Veterinary Medicine of Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil.e Undergraduate student in Veterinary Medicine at Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil. ? Abstract ?The efficiency of the medial patellar ligament section technique as a surgical treatment for dorsal patellar fixation in cattle held in lateral recumbency was evaluated in this study. A total of 309 animals, of both sexes, from 4 to 6 years of age, of different breeds, activities and reproductive categories presenting a clinical diagnosis of patellar fixation were observed. A higher predisposition of females (94.8%) compared to males (5.2%) was noted and 53.58% of the females had calved immediately before the observation. There was no breed predisposition and most of the cases occurred during the dry weather season (75.40%). Three hundred and eight animals (99.67%) recovered from surgery, proving that the technique employed was effective and of simple execution for the treatment of dorsal patellar fixation in bovine. The nutrition of the animals appears to be the most relevant factor in the pathogenesis of this process. Introduction ??? Patellar fixation is one of the main functional disorders of the tibia-femoral-patellar articulation (knee joint) in cattle (1) characterize