Orthopedics

These case studies show how monitoring a veterinary patients vital signs with a Fitbit-style smart device can guide decisions about pain management.

The era of one-size-fits-all neutering advice has come to an end. Its time to move from recommendations to conversations.

Each Veterinary Medicine Essentials package covers diagnostic steps, treatment plan guidance and the latest updates, plus resources to share with your entire veterinary team and your clients.

Downing describes her latest research on clinical bioethics and what it means for the veterinary professionand we nerd out, bigtime.

Emergency vets confess their secrets at the 2016 International Veterinary Emergency and Critial Care Symposium.

Bone is pretty amazing tissueconstraining and directing the forces of muscle, and adapting under heavy loads. So, can you apply that metaphor to your client communication? Veterinary surgeon Dr. David Dycus explains how poor communication led to one super smelly cat, and offers tips getting clients to follow your fracture management recommendations.

Veterinary orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Dycus weighs in with client communication considerations for surgery vs. orthotics.

Study investigates owner perception of management of dogs with nonsurgical vs. surgical methods, including outcomes, complications and after care.

A career in helping to better understand and improve equine orthopedics has led to the honor.

Laser-like focus, and training, will get your veterinary therapeutic laser services off the ground.

In Trupanion insurance claims, find out which orthopedic conditions are most expensive, which breeds are most prone to fractures, and which breeds most commonly claim for musculoskeletal injuries and illnesses.

This veterinary surgeon sees two diseases overlooked in limping puppy cases. Watch those radiographs!

A proactive approach with HA may help delay onset of osteoarthritis in racehorses and other equine athletes.

Dr. Debra Canapp focuses in our her favorite method to help patients heal-lasers.

Your canine patients can strut their stuff with confidence with the aid of these veterinary rehabilitation products.

Colorado State veterinarians save a miniature horse from with a foam-lined ski boot with bike-tire treads.

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Painful and debilitating for patients, expensive versus less effective repair options for clients, WAY too many recommended surgical approaches for you. Are you limping toward the best plan?

No, there is no cookie-cutter method to treating this injury in dogs. But here are a few pointers to make your decision process a little easier.

Veterinary researchers are weighing in on this question critical to optimal horse health and owners' pocketbooks.

Take a multimodal approach to arthritis and get cats back to their fine feline ways.

Three concerns to be on the look out for in your veterinary patients and how to treat them.

Iowa State University veterinary surgeon uses a new technique in which the prosthetics are inserted directly into the cat's femurs.

You don't have to go out on a limb to minimize stress during orthopedic exams.

Dr. Dean Richardson looks back at a veterinary career continuously on the leading edge of equine orthopedic surgery.

Flip through this interactive feature to see how veterinary orthopedist Dr. Randy Boudrieau took a page from human medicine to repair the dog's fractured facial bones.

Veterinary orthopedist Randy Boudrieau takes a page from human medicine using titanium plates narrower than a pencil to repair fractured facial bones.

It can be difficult to differentiate between these two orthopedic problems. Luckily, the sit test, among other diagnostic evaluations, can help.

Trying to determine whether a patient has hip dysplasia or a cranial cruciate ligament tear? Here's why sedation may be called for.