Detailed Orthopaedic information is available on our Orthopaedic
Referral Website at www.vetortho.co.uk
"Our reason for being here is to maintain the health of your pet."
Preventative
Health Topics:
Road Traffic accidents involving dogs and cats are all too common, and frequently pets require surgery to repair fractured bones, replace dislocated joints and repair/ replace damaged ligaments and tendons.
Orthopaedic
surgery is also carried
out on dogs and cats with joint problems-
the most common are: Ruptured
Cruciate Ligamentsin the knee joint Osteochrondrosis (sometimes called OCD)- this is a disease which develops during the dog's growth- usually large breeds like labs, boxers and Great danes.
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Our Services:
At Greenmount, Ewing Walker, one of the Partners, has a special interest in the subject of Small Animal Veterinary Orthopaedics.
He has attend at least 7 Post-Graduate Orthopaedic Training Courses
over the years to gain proficiency in modern advanced techniques
and has gained a wide range of experience in dealing with a wide
variety of fractures, bone growth defects, joint trauma and spinal
cases with good success rates.
Ruptured cruciate lig.
Osteochrondrosis
of the shoulder joint in a Great Dane. The head of the humerus bone
is flattened on x-ray.
At surgery a defective flap of cartilage is removed. Otherwise severe arthritis will develop if left untreated.
Fractures can
be repaired at Greenmount by a variety of methods depending on the
fracture type- these include applying a plate and screws across
the fracture site, a steel (intramedullary) pin down the middle
of the bone from one end to the other, and also external fixators
which are like a scaffold structure which support the bone from
the outside. In severe cases we can use a combination of 1 or more
techniques to make a stronger repair. Nowadays we can repair most
fractures in pets by using the techniques described above.
