Surgery

Drs. Brian Lucas Hamm and Jeff Dennis discuss your treatment options for this uterine infection.

A step-by-step guide to resecting stenotic nares in patients with brachycephalic airway syndrome.

Use this axial pattern flap to treat ipsilateral or contralateral wounds on the perineum, hindlimbs, or mid torso.

See what injuries are more common in gun, agility, and flyball dogs.

The right conditioning based on the activity dogs participate in can prolong healthy participation in canine sports.

Help patients with this syndrome breathe easier with a simple surgical correction.

Know what conditions to look out for and how to best return these canine athletes to good function.

Dr. Wendy Baltzer explains how conscious proprioception retrains the spinal cord after injury and helps prevent injury.

Dr. Wendy Baltzer explains why this is the time to get involved in caring for canine athletes.

Dr. Wendy Baltzer describes which warm-up exercises can actually be harmful for agility dogs.

Dr. Wendy Baltzer provides examples of appropriate warm-up and cool-down exercises for agility dogs.

Raleigh, N.C. - A veterinary team at North Carolina State University recently performed a unique total knee replacement surgery on a cat.

When and how to patch pinnas in your canine patients.

Winnipeg, Canada -- Manitoba veterinarians who perform cosmetic ear cropping on dogs could lose their veterinary licenses, according to veterinary regulators.

Make rounds with these veterinary specialists and residents for a complete picture of this neoplasia in dogs.

A 5-year-old dog was given a new lease on life-more significantly, a new face.

From Botox to braces, learn about this new trend: puppy plastic surgery.

In this photo gallery, veterinary surgeon Scott Palmer demonstrates how he straightened and lengthened a disfigured leg of a Great Dane puppy by using a novel surgical technique.

Fort Collins, Colo. - To save a dog's leg, a veterinary orthopedic surgeon tried something radical.

The search for antibiotics began in the late 1800s, with the growing acceptance of the germ theory of disease, a theory that linked bacteria and other microorganisms to the causation of a variety of ailments.

Lameness and pain caused by osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common presenting complaints in small animal practice.

Juvenile pubic symphysiodesis: a simple, affordable surgical solution to canine hip dysplasia.

Juvenile pubic symphysiodesis (JPS) is a minimally invasive, affordable, prophylactic procedure performed in immature dogs at risk for development of arthritis associated CHD.

Feline osteoarthritis (OA) is a growing problem in our veterinary patients. We are discovering that it has been around and under diagnosed for years.

Panosteitis is an acquired self-limiting condition of undetermined cause that affects the diaphyseal and metaphyseal regions of the long bones of young, large breed dogs.

Cranial cruciate ligament rupture is a common cause of hindlimb lameness in dogs and is seen in cats as well.

CCL injury is one of the most common injuries encountered by veterinarians, and is by far the most common cause of lameness of the sti?e joint.

At birth the hips are normal. The femoral head and neck are cartilaginous and begin forming bone by endochondral ossification.

Coxofemoral luxation is the most commonly luxated joint in dogs, accounting for 90% of all luxations. It is usually the result of trauma or severe hip dysplasia with 78% being craniodorsally luxated.

At birth most hips are normal. The femoral head and neck are cartilaginous and begin forming bone by endochondral ossification.