Orthopaedics

Options available for the diagnosis and treatment of orthopaedic disease in animals continue to advance and evolve

The patient’s history as well as an orthopaedic exam should be considered before considering total hip replacement surgery

STUART CARMICHAEL argues that surgery should not be regarded as the main option in the management of OA joints, rather as one of the key tools available among many others for a good outcome

Ben Walton says that detecting and describing lameness properly can be challenging but that accurate assessment is easily achievable with some basic knowledge and technology.

Long term outcomes in 321 dogs undergoing total hip arthroplasty Luca Vezzoni and others, Vezzoni Veterinary Clinic, Cremona, Italy Total hip arthroplasty has been performed in dogs since 1976, first …

James Howie of Lintbells says only by involving the whole team in a co-ordinated, holistic programme of care can we be sure that all the needs of pets and owners are met

STUART CARMICHAEL introduces a sophisticated new web-based osteoarthritis management tool designed for veterinary practices that delivers a six-point plan and which, he says, will ‘improve results’

STUART CARMICHAEL outlines how focusing on pain management and developing multimodal programmes offer the best chance of successfully managing the clinical problems of chronic OA

HYPE or hope: which word will best sum up the story of stem cell therapies in veterinary medicine over the coming years? Leading veterinary orthopaedic surgeon Professor John Innes gave a guarded verd…

Tim Garran presents a case study of a maned wolf cub in need of orthopaedic surgery

Management of cranial cruciate ligament injuries in small dogs Eithne Comerford and others, University of Liverpool A number of different surgical techniques have been described over recent years for …

Veterinary Practice reports on a recent international conference where a novel therapy for osteoarthritis was revealed

John Bonner hears how a young company got involved with laser therapy for treating muscoloskeletal conditions

Dr Helen Floyd managing director of Curar, discusses the use of low intensity pulsed ultrasound to promote healing of fractures, tendons and ligaments

Ben Walton and John Innes describe the development of stem cells and the rapidly increasing interest in them

SOME 600 vets and nurses attended the Excellence in multimodal osteoarthritis management CPD events last October, undertaken in a collaboration between Pfizer Animal Health and Hill’s Pet Nutrition, h…

RACHEL HATTERSLEY outlines the incidence of IOHC, the ways it can present and its diagnosis, along with a review of the various treatment options available

DONAL NUGENT reports on the third World Veterinary Orthopaedic Congress held in Bologna in September

Ophthalmologists are very convincing people. All you have to do is to show a slide of a cat which has gone blind due to hypertensive retinopathy and a queue will form at the stand in the foyer to purc…

At the WSAVA conference in Dublin last year, the Hill’s Mobility Award was given to Professor David Bennett of the Institute of Comparative Medicine at the Glasgow veterinary school, for his outstandi…