August 2, 2023
As part of our endeavour to advance knowledge in the field of veterinary orthopaedics and ultimately improve the outcome for our patients we perform a critical review of all surgeries we undertake. In addition to this clinical audit we publish Read More…
July 16, 2023
Without doubt the mainstay of the work carried out by veterinary orthopaedic surgeons is the management of cruciate disease in the dog. Unlike the truly traumatic injury often seen in people, cruciate disease in dogs typically involves a spontaneous degenerative Read More…
May 6, 2023
Avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity. These injuries can be quite common in younger dogs between 4-8 months of age. In Benji’s case he also had displacement and separation of the proximal growth plate. This was causing his joint angle Read More…
December 28, 2016
Great to see Grinner on fine form this Christmas! Grinner is a dear little chap we operated on earlier in the year for an open fracture to the right femur. His fracture configuration was such that we elected to place Read More…
April 24, 2016
“Nemo” presented to my colleagues at Axe Valley Vets with a hyperextension injury to the carpometacarpal joints and several fractures to the base of the metacarpal bones. In the cat, the bones of the carpus and metacarpal region are Read More…
January 23, 2016
Max presented with a sudden right fore lameness and pain localising to the elbow. He had previously had an incomplete ossifcation of the left humeral condyle. This is the small barrel like part of the end of the humerus that Read More…
July 30, 2015
This article describes the clinical findings and management of tibial fractures in cats in which plate osteosynthesis failed due to plate bending. A.P. Morris1; A. A. Anderson1; D. M. Barnes2; S. R. Bright3; C. S. Knudsen4; D. D. Lewis5; A. Read More…
June 30, 2015
“Bubs” presented with a transverse stress fracture to the proximal tibia with a chronic non-union fracture to the patella. She is a lovely cat. Due to the proximity of the joint a polyaxial locking plate was used. In addition we Read More…
