The QVSH Small Animal Orthopaedic Service provides a top-notch referral service for diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of a wide spectrum of congenital, developmental, and traumatic conditions involving the musculoskeletal system of dogs and cats.
Services offered include:
- Assessment of lameness
- Total hip replacement for large and small dogs, and cats
- Routine and challenging cases of all joint diseases (e.g. cranial cruciate ligament rupture, patella luxation or osteochondrosis
- Arthroscopy of elbows, shoulders, stifles and tarsi
- Fracture repair and treatment of delayed healing of all extra and intra-articular fractures
- Management of multi-trauma cases
- Treatment of ligament, tendon and muscle injuries
- Angular limb deformity correction
- Advanced cartilage resurfacing techniques
- Management of osteoarthritis
- Shockwave treatment
- Gait analysis