Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
 August 1, 2010
By:Walter Renberg, DVM, MS, DACVS
A number of fractures can be managed conservatively or with external coaptation. Still others can be dealt with using combinations of pins and wire. It is only when clinicians are able to utilize bone plating or external fixators that the number of manageable fractures truly expands.
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Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2010
By:Walter Renberg, DVM, MS, DACVS
Canine hip dysplasia is a very common orthopedic condition and every small- or mixed-animal practitioner will see cases. Despite this, the management of this syndrome can be frustrating and confusing to the clinician as well as the client. Questions about prognosis, what surgery to recommend (and when), various aspects of medical management and more are difficult to answer definitively.
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Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2010
By:Walter Renberg, DVM, MS, DACVS
Cranial cruciate ligament injuries are some of the most common orthopedic conditions seen in small animal practice. Even so, the optimal treatment modality is hotly debated within the profession. Each new surgery is introduced with great fanfare but, in most clinical studies, the fabellar suture technique in one iteration or another has been found to be superior or equal to other methods.
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Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2010
By:Walter Renberg, DVM, MS, DACVS
Just as in the human population, the incidence of osteoarthritis in veterinary patients is very high. Many of the developmental diseases as well as traumatic injuries ultimately become cases of osteoarthritis management. As with any chronic progressive (and largely incurable) disease, the treatment can be frustrating. In fact, treatment of arthritis is easy when the client is patient, willing, and has a lot of money.
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Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2010
By:Walter Renberg, DVM, MS, DACVS
A variety of approaches have been proposed to assist in making decisions regarding fracture management. At the most basic level, the task is to evaluate what is needed and then assess one's own capabilities. In so doing, fractures that one is properly able to manage can be dealt with appropriately and mistakes can be avoided that would prove detrimental to the patient.
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Source: CVC IN KANSAS CITY PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 2010
By:Walter Renberg, DVM, MS, DACVS
Canine hip dysplasia is a very common orthopedic condition and every small- or mixed-animal practitioner will see cases. Despite this, the management of this syndrome can be frustrating and confusing to the clinician as well as the client. Questions about prognosis, what surgery to recommend (and when), various aspects of medical management and more are difficult to answer definitively.
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Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
 April 1, 2010
By:Michael Weh, DVM, DACVS
Hip dysplasia is the most common developmental orthopedic disease in dogs. First described in the 1930's, it continues to affect millions of dogs worldwide. Large breed dogs are most commonly diagnosed, however small breed dogs and cats also are affected.
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Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2010
By:Michael Weh, DVM, DACVS
Elbow dysplasia is a collective term for the developmental orthopedic diseases of the canine elbow. Traditionally, it refers to ununited anconeal process (UAP), osteochondrosis of the humeral condyle (OCD), and fragmentation of the medial coronoid process (FCP).
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Source: CVC IN BALTIMORE PROCEEDINGS
April 1, 2010
By:Gayle H. Jaeger, DVM, MSpVM, DACVS
Juxta-articular fractures are fractures occurring near the joint surface. They may be intra- or extra-articular.
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