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General brochure
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Browse our general brochure for a brief history of STIF – Pet Care and an overview of the products we offer: the Z-lig for cranial cruciate ligament reconstruction, the H-lux for round ligament reconstruction, and the L-ten for Achilles tendon reconstruction.
You’ll also be able to discover the specific instruments we’ve developed to facilitate your surgeries with our implants and improve your efficiency during them.
Round ligament reconstruction
The H-lux is used to treat round ligament injuries following hip dislocation.
Based on the same concept as the Z-lig and L-ten, its use ensures solid anchorage of the implant, enabling immediate mobility and lasting results.
Achilles tendon reconstruction
The use of L-ten, our synthetic free-fibre tendon, enables the ruptured tendon itself to be reconstructed, always with the aim of enabling the animal to recover quickly and achieve reliable, long-lasting results.
This alternative means that an external fixator can be dispensed with, improving the postoperative period.
L-ten can also be used for other tendon ruptures, such as patellar and quadricipital tendons.
Cranial cruciate ligament reconstruction
Rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament is frequently treated by compensatory surgeries (extra-capsular, osteotomies).
STIF – Pet Care offers a new and innovative alternative, with minimally invasive surgery performed under arthroscopy, allowing the ruptured ligament itself to be reconstructed using Z-lig, our synthetic free-fiber ligament, for immediate, reliable and long-lasting results.
Technical documentation for fibers
SGS test report
Our implants have been subjected to a whole series of mechanical tests. They were studied and improved during an R&D phase lasting over 7 years, before being offered as they are today.
The free-fiber ligament is best suited to in-vivo biomechanical stresses, while the Z-lig is the synthetic implant that has been most thoroughly studied and tested, between 2 million and 12 million cycles depending on the tests performed.
Here are some data on the results.
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test conditions
Free vs. crossed fiber test
Histological study
This histological study showing fibroblastic invasion of the synthetic ligament was carried out by biopsy during revision surgery for meniscus damage.
Here are the results 1 year after reconstruction of the cranial cruciate ligament: transverse and longitudinal sections show the multiplication of fibroblasts, and the creation of Neo collagen.
