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Interview with Toby Gemmill

New Abstracts of the week

Short-Term Clinical and Radiographical Outcome after Application of Anchored Intervertebral Spacers in Dogs with Disc-Associated Cervical Spondylomyelopathy

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2019 Feb 8. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1676592.

The C-LOX device seems to be a valuable alternative to more complicated distraction-fusion techniques.

Small animal: Fracture Fixation and Implants - Spine

Ventral distraction-stabilization in 5 continuous sites for the treatment of cervical spondylomyelopathy in a Great Dane

Vet Surg. 2019 Mar 3. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13189.

An indirect decompression technique can eliminate dynamic movements and result in regression of vertebral canal bony proliferation in dogs with OA-CSM.

Small animal: Spine

Supercutaneous Plating for the Treatment of Traumatic Injuries of the Appendicular Skeleton in Dogs

Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2019 Feb 8. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1676457.

The advantages related to the minimally invasive approach and implant removal could make the supercutaneous plating (SCP) an alternative to the traditional external skeletal fixation.

Small animal: Fracture Fixation and Implants - Spine

Getting Your Research or Report Published

Kenneth A. Johnson
University of Sidney
5^th WVOC
ESVOT VOS
Barcelona 2018

Incoming meetings and courses

March 30, 2019

KYON TTA Course

Zurich (Switzerland)

Full paper offered by V.C.O.T.

Vcot

A Comparison of Owner-Assessed Long-Term Outcome of Arthroscopic Intervention versus Conservative Management of Dogs with Medial Coronoid Process Disease

Objectives The purpose of this study was to compare the long-term outcome of dogs with medial coronoid process disease (MCPD) treated with arthroscopic intervention versus conservative management.

Radiology cases

Joe P. Morgan

October 2014 Small animal case

October 2014

Small Animals Case of the Month

Dog
Labrador Retriever
Female neutered
8 years of age
Suspicious of hit by car some hours before, not able to stand.
Lateral view of the abdomen and of the thorax were taken.

October 2014 Large animal case

October 2014

Large Animals Case of the Month

Oldenburg horse
Male castrated
13 years of age
Very long history of lameness front left, recurrent.
Localised in the distal interphalangeal joint (DIP joint), graded differently in different clinical examinations.