Sulcoplasty

Sulcoplasty
X-Ray of corrected feline luxating patella
Specialty	orthopedic
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Sulcoplasty is an orthopedic surgical procedure performed on a groove (sulcus) or indentation present on particular bones. In veterinary surgery it is often employed to remedy a displaced kneecap (luxating patella) by deepening the trochlear sulcus, the groove at the end of the femur on which the patella normally sits.^[1]

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