STIFLE / KNEE JOINT

• TPLO: Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy with pre-contoured locking Synthes-style implants / FAQs / Short TPLO video   

• 2016 VET SURG study - TPLO vs TTA vs ECR 1-year results  ➡ chart on the right CORNELL UNIVERSITY

• THE SAFEST TPLO with locking-head implants - 2013 VET SURG study

• SYNTHES LOCKING-TPLO implants video

• In 2013, 80% of the ACVS surgeons were recommending the TPLO as the gold standard for CCL repair.

• 2013 JAVMA study - TPLO 93% versus LFS 75% (ECR, nylon repair) owner satisfaction 

• TPLO videos: just 2 days post bilateral TPLO, 4 weeks post TPLO, 8 weeks post TPLO

• Cranial cruciate Ligament disease / CCL / ACL repair with ECR, Lateral fabellar suture (LFS), nylon repair, Flo technique

• MPL / LPL: Medial, or lateral patellar luxation correction, knee cap luxation

• OCD: Osteochondritis Dissecans with cartilage graft

• Deranged stifle / Multiple ligament injuries

DIAGNOSTIC ARTHROSCOPY: FULL HD 1080p resolution mobile set up

HIP DYSPLASIA / HIP JOINT / PELVIS

• FHO: Femoral Head and Neck Ostectomy

• TPO / DPO: Triple / Double Pelvic Osteotomies

• Total Hip Replacement: Zurich Cementless (future)

• Hip luxation                                                                                                                                                                   

FRACTURES

• Internal fixation with dynamic compression, or neutralization plates, intramedullary pins, cerclage wires

• External Skeletal Fixation / ESF: Kirschner-Ehmer (KE) clamps

• Fracture specific implants such as pelvic acetabular fractures, T-plates for extremity fractures, etc.

• Bone cement (PMMA) available for specific cases such as spinal fractures

• Radius-ulna fractures in toy breeds

SHOULDER / ELBOW

• OCD: Osteochondritis dissecans

• Luxation / Dislocation

• Elbow dysplasia

• FCP / FMCP: Fragmented coronoid process

• UAP: Ununited anconeal process

• Ulnar osteotomy

• Elbow replacement: CUE technique (future)

• Luxation: Traumatic and congenital

VARIOUS ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES

• Radius-Curvus / Angular limb deformity correction / Pes Varus

• Arthrodesis / Joint fusion

• Achilles tendon repair

• Infraspinatous tendon contracture

• Tendon / Ligament repairs                                                                 

• Arthrocentesis / Joint taps

ABDOMINAL

• Gastrointestinal, biliary obstruction, hepatobiliary, gallbladder mucocele, pancreatic, renal, ureteral, bladder, urethral, splenic, prostatic problems, GI foreign body obstruction, biopsies, portosystemic shunt, etc.

• Diaphragmatic hernia / Peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia (PPDH) feline

• Megacolon / Subtotal colectomy

• Hemoabdomen / Splenic masses

URINARY / GENITAL / PERINEAL

• PU: Perineal urethrostomy (preputial sparing PU prevents scarring and infections)

• Bladder, urethral stone removal/urinary obstruction

• Anal sacculectomy / Anal sac tumor

• Tail fold dermatitis correction (Bulldog "corkscrew")

• Perineal hernia repair

• Urethrostomy

• Vulvoplasty / Episioplasty

THORACIC / AIRWAY

• Lung lobectomy / Lung lobe tumors / Pericardectomy

• Pneumothorax / Flail chest / Rib fractures

• PDA: Patent Ductus Arteriosus

• PRAA: Persistent Right Aortic Arch

• Esophageal surgery / Foreign body removal

• Laryngeal paralysis / Laryngeal Hemiplegia

• Nasopharyngeal polyps

• Stenotic nares & soft palate correction (Brachycephalic syndrome)

HEAD AND NECK PROCEDURES

• Ear canal resection / TECA for otitis externa

• Salivary mucocele

• Oral tumors

• Mandibular fractures

NEUROLOGICAL PROCEDURES

• Disc hernia surgery, "slipped", "bulging" disc surgery

• IVDD: Intervertebral Disc Disease surgery

• Laminectomy / Hemilaminectomy / Foraminectomy

• Ventral corpectomy / Ventral cervical decompression

• Cauda equina syndrome

• Atlanto-axial instability

• Wobbler syndrome / Cervical vertebral instability/Vertebral fusion

• Vertebral fracture / Vertebral luxation repair

• Dermoid sinus

• Myelogram: cervical and / or lumbar

• CSF collection: Cerebrospinal Fluid tap

CANCER / RECONSTRUCTIVE / WOUND MANAGEMENT

• Bone tumors /  Biopsies

• Limb amputations, major resections involving bony structures

• Liver tumors, lung lobe tumors, mammary tumors, thyroid tumors, parathyroid tumors

• Skin flaps, grafts, axial pattern flaps

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

• GDV syndrome: Gastric torsion

• Acute abdomen and other abdominal procedures

• Laryngeal paralysis: Tie-back procedure / Arythenoid lateralization

• Urinary obstructions

• Pyometra

• C-section

• Splenectomy / Hemoabdomen