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Practical Matters: Don't jump to conclusions in ataxic dogs

July 1, 2008

A frantic owner brings in a 4-year-old Scottish terrier that cannot use its back legs after a collapse.

Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE

Missouri researcher develops new treatment for CCL deficiency

June 23, 2008

Columbia, Mo. - A new method for treating cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) deficiency in dogs has been developed by a University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine researcher. The treatment is supposed to be less invasive with fewer complications.

Source: ELSEVIER

Standard of care for intervertebral disk disease: Prognosis, surgical timing, use of glucocorticosteroids

April 1, 2008

Establishing Standard of Care and Outcome Assessment guidelines facilitates standardizing treatment of patients and gauges the success of treatments and surgical centers with published clinical trial results.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS

Total joint replacement of the elbow and hip (Proceedings)

April 1, 2008

The most common indication for total joint replacement in the small animal is osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease that is a cause of significant and frequent pain.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS

Therapeutic lasers in postoperative healing (Proceedings)

April 1, 2008

The term laser stands for light amplification stimulated by emission of radiation.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS

Approaches to the physical rehabilitation of dogs and cats with chronic neurologic and musculoskeletal disorders (Proceedings)

April 1, 2008

Chronic disorders of the musculoskeletal and neurologic systems are often classified as injuries in which the onset of clinical signs began greater than 2 weeks ago, have recurred more than once, or cannot be corrected surgically due to concurrent illness in the patient.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS

Surgical management of cranial cruciate ligament disease (Proceedings)

April 1, 2008

There have been numerous developments in the field of canine cranial cruciate ligament disease.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS

Preventing osteoarthritis: What are the facts? (Proceedings)

April 1, 2008

Osteoarthritis affects diarthrodial joints of small animals including the shoulder, elbow, carpus, hip, stifle, tarsus, and spinal articulations.

Source: CVC PROCEEDINGS

Elbow dysplasia in small animals (Proceedings)

April 1, 2008

Elbow dysplasia is a group of diseases made up of several conditions including ununited anconeal process, osteochondritis dissecans humerus, fragmented coronoid process, and incomplete humeral ossification.

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