Martin McDowell's Blog

Now I have to say this was one of the more interesting and very hands-on course that I have ever been on in my life. The course was theoretical mixed-in with lots of practical (wetlab) sessions. It was organised by CPD Solutions and the cost covered by my employer, The Fenton Veterinary Practice. The lecturer was Toby Gemmill from the Willows Referral Centre in Solihull.

We did practical work on cerclage wire fixation, tension band wires, tibial intramedullar pinning, femoral external fixator combined with an intramedullar pin, femoral head and neck excision, cranial cruciate ligament operation (lateral patellar arthrotomy, meniscal examination and fabellotibial suture) and finally a V-recession sulcoplasty with tibial tuberosity transposition.

Sounds alien, I presume. These are just some of the most common orthopaedic operations performed on cats and dogs so, if, for example, you cat is involved in a RTA or your dog develops cruciate ligament tears these just a few of the procedures that are possible.