Development of Prosthesis and Evaluation of the Use in Short Term in a Left Pelvic Limb in a Dog

The growing appreciation of pets has enabled us to improve the technologies to make a prosthetics for then. Amputations in dogs can be performed due to trauma, or neoplasms, and the animals may develop compensatory disturbances for the short or long term, that can lead to chronic pain. Prosthetics are devices that replace the absence of a limb or other part of the body. Its main objectives are to align the spine, decrease the overload of the weight in the remaining limbs, muscle control, and external mechanic system that can help to lead to functional independence of the patient. The goal of this paper is to develop a metatarsophalangeal prosthesis of a left pelvic limb of a dog. The steps were: medical evaluation for the use of a prosthesis by a veterinarian, confection of the negative and positive molds, confection of the device, adaptation process, and evaluation of results.