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Meet the gorgeous Aspen! When you initially hear that the patient coming in has already had multiple surgeries for correction of medial patellar luxation and has a persistent luxation we might initially make gestures just like his in the middle of the first collection here!

Meet the majestic Winslow, a Maine Coon with the best ear tufts I have ever seen! Cats with musculoskeletal conditions can be challenging to recognize as they less commonly present with a lateralized lameness. Winslow followed this trend - he was noticed to be eating less,

Meet the gorgeous Mango! At only 6 months old, he was attacked by a dog sustaining a mid diaphyseal humeral fracture. We elected to stabilize using a 1.5/2.0 LCP with a combination of 1.5 and 2.0 locking and non-locking screws. Cats do have some anatomical differences that it is

Meet the handsome Jax - a 6 year old German Shepherd with an impressive problem list and the most dedicated owners you could ever hope for! With bilateral hip osteoarthritis secondary to initial dysplasia, bridging ventral spondylosis at L5-L6, L6-L7, and L7-S1, inflammatory

Introducing our #orthopal Frankie! She was hit by a car when she was only 6 months old and suffered multiple fractures including a right Salter-Harris type 3 fracture of the femoral capital physis, an avulsion fracture of the right greater trochanter, a right sacroiliac luxation

Easter miles with these gorgeous pups at Sleepy Hollow State Park! Now …. Time to break into that chocolate egg! 🐣

Meet Roxy, a gorgeous 3-month-old French Bulldog! She came to us after her owner fell while carrying her, and she unfortunately sustained a lateral humeral condylar fracture on the right. A CT scan preoperatively demonstrated open physes on the left, but due to her young age,

Sometimes … things do not go the way we plan. Meet Lola - a 6 year old mixed breed with the sweetest personality. She presented with worsening bilateral pelvic limb lameness secondary to hip dysplasia & associated osteoarthritis. After discussing potential options with her

Remember our friend George? Well - he’s just had his very special first birthday! Now, I am sure he could have thought of better places to spend it than at the vets, however, he got a fantastic birthday present in the form of clean bill of health at his 12 week recheck

Working in orthopedics, we get to see some amazing results in terms of resolution of lameness and bones healing, but maybe the most rewarding, is when we see a patient’s entire personality change due to a resolution of chronic pain! Meatball is a 1.5 year old bulldog mix who

Meet Winnie - a six year old pit bull who sustained a distal ulnar fracture following a fight with a housemate. Unfortunately, there were multiple wounds and significant soft tissue compromise over the fracture, directly over the surgical approach. We elected to delay any

Last week I was honored to attend my first AO VET Education Commission meeting as the incoming Chair of the AO VET North America Education Committee. While these may be challenging times for the organization, I am always inspired by those who accept the challenges, choose to keep

Meet John Calvin - an incredibly handsome one year old Domestic Shorthaired Cat who presented to us with an acute onset non-weight bearing right thoracic limb lameness after a presumed, but unwitnessed, trauma. Radiographs showed a mildly comminuted distal diaphyseal humeral

This handsome chap is Gojo! At only 8 months old he presented severely lame on his right pelvic limb. There was a severe pain response on extension of the hip, a restriction in range of motion in extension, abduction and flexion and profound muscle atrophy. Radiographs showed a

Patients do not come much more handsome than this guy! Meet Chuck - a 9 month old Maine Coon who presented to us with an acute onset left pelvic limb lameness of 4 days duration. On orthopedic examination we diagnosed him with a grade 3 (or feline grade C) medial patellar

I am thrilled to have been invited to manage a Q&A session on feline orthopedics hosted by TheCatSite.com from today - Tuesday 8th July through to the 10th July. If you have questions or would just like to peruse the discussion, which is already getting really interesting, then join

Meet the gorgeous Rue - an 8 month old Golden Retriever who presented with a pretty textbook example of a “swaying gait”, which can be an early indicator of hip dysplasia. Rue had been struggling with comfort and mobility affecting her pelvic limbs since the age of 6 months, with

This handsome face belongs to Marty, a one year old domestic shorthair who presented with an acute onset of right pelvic limb lameness with no history of trauma. Upon examination he had a moderate lameness and a pain response upon right hip extension and abduction. His age and

This month marks 20 years since I graduated, along with a fabulous group, from the R(D)SVS and was welcomed as a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons In remarkable synchrony, this week I received an email that I had been welcomed as a Fellow of the Royal