Orthopaedics

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Allie Celebrates ECVS Diplomate Status 

We’re delighted to announce that small animal surgeon Allie Matchwick has successfully passed her exams to achieve European College ...
Gus is doing well following bilateral hip replacements

Gus is doing well following bilateral hip replacements

It was great to see Gus back in the clinical last week for his x-rays 6 weeks after the ...

Treatment of a radius and ulna fracture in a Whippet

By Eastcott Referrals Orthopaedic Surgeon Fabio Frazzica A 1-year-old female Whippet presented with a distal diaphyseal, simple, transverse, closed ...

Treating polytrauma in a cat during lockdown

One March night, Max a young adventurous cat sadly did not return home Specialist in Small Animal Surgery Andrew ...

Treatment of concurrent Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture and Medial Patellar Luxation

Treatment of concurrent Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture and Medial Patellar Luxation with a modified Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy and ...

Proximal Abducting Ulnar Osteotomy (PAUL) in dogs

By Eastcott Referrals Orthopaedic Surgeon Fabio Frazzica A common cause of canine thoracic limb lameness in patients that are ...

Pantarsal arthrodesis in a cat due to a chronic tarsal instability

By Eastcott Referrals Orthopaedic Surgeon Fabio Frazzica  A 6-year-old female domestic short-haired cat was referred to us with a ...

The use of a novel orthopaedic plate in the treatment of a fracture

The use of a novel orthopaedic plate in the treatment of a fracture of the lateral part of the ...

Physiotherapist joins the team

Alys Cooper BSc, PGDip, MSc joined the team in October and her skills are already being put to good ...

Total Hip Replacement Surgery

Total hip replacement at Eastcott Referrals Swindon During the last 5 years, we have developed a well-established total hip ...

Why we use TPLO for treatment of cranial cruciate ligament disease

Duncan Barnes Cruciate ligament disease is the most common orthopaedic problem encountered in dogs. The cranial cruciate ligament’s primary ...

Fabio Frazzica Joins the Orthopaedic Referral Team

We are delighted to welcome Fabio Frazzica DVM CertAVP (GSAS) PgDip (VPS) MRCVS to the orthopaedic department. He is ...

Locking Compression Plate and PAX Advanced Locking systems

Locking Compression Plate and PAX Advanced Locking systems with Andy Morris I have many interests within the field of ...

Expanding our Orthopaedics Team

Expanding the Orthopaedic Referral Team Andy Morris BSc (Hons) BVSc CertAVP(GSAS) MRCVS RCVS Recognised Advanced Practitioner in Small Animal ...

Hip Replacement Surgery

Total Hip Replacement Surgery in Dogs We are now offering total hip replacement using the well-developed and successful Biomedtrix ...

Duncan Barnes

Congratulations to Duncan Barnes Duncan Barnes Vet Profile We are delighted to announce that, following examinations this summer, Duncan ...

Pantarsal arthrodesis in a Dog

Pantarsal arthrodesis in a Greyhound dog using a dorsal plate for the treatment of a highly comminuted fracture of the ...

Hock Fracture Repair in Dog with Osteochondritis Dissecans

Repair of hock fracture secondary to osteochondritis dissecans of the medial talar ridge This hock fracture was secondary to ...

Shoulder Arthrodesis Using CT Generated 3D Bone Model

Shoulder arthrodesis in a miniature poodle using a CT generated 3D bone model A 9-year-old miniature poodle was referred ...

Bilateral PAX locking plate fixation in cat

Treatment of a highly comminuted humeral condylar fracture in a cat using bilateral PAX locking plate fixation A cat ...

Osteochondritis dissecans in a Labrador retriever

Arthroscopic treatment of shoulder osteochondritis dissecans in a Labrador Retriever A 7-month-old female Labrador retriever was referred with a ...

Securos PAX locking plate system in small animals

Securos Pax locking plate used to repair comminuted tibial and calcaneal fractures in a cat We have introduced the ...