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Canine Panosteitis
Canine Panosteitis is an acquired self-limiting inflammatory developmental orthopedic disease that affects rapidly growing large- and giant-breed dogs, typically between 5 and 18 months of age.
TPLO post-op care instructions
TPLO surgery or Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy, is currently the most common surgery for the correction of a cranial cruciate ligament disease.
Post-op home care can be challenging but not impossible.
Short-term challenges are mainly wound management and restriction of activity.
While long-term challenges regard pain management, restore of limb function and osteotomy healing.
UAP
UAP or ununited anconeal process, is a developmental abnormality where the anconeal process, a bony part of the ulna, doesn't fuse with the rest of the ulna during growth. This condition can cause lameness in young, often large breeds dogs. In all cases, the recommended treatment for ununited anconeal process is surgery.
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD)
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD) is a developmental orthopedic disease that affects young small breed dogs and characterized by non-inflammatory local ischemia to the femoral head with subsequent deformation of the femoral head and neck. Surgery is currently the best treatment option.
Osteochondrosis
Osteochondrosis (OC) is a focal disturbance of endochondral ossification due to a failure of blood supply to the epiphyseal growth cartilage. Osteochondrosis (OC) may develop into osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD) if the joint cartilage fractures. There is still confusion regarding the disease’s definition, etiology and pathogenesis. clinical signs are lameness and joint pain.
Feline Osteoarthritis: Diagnosis & Treatment (part 3)
A complete physical examination is fundamental but might be challenging in the feline patient.
Clinical signs are not always consistent with radiographic changes.
Radiographically normal joints can be pathologically and clinically affected, and radiographically affected joints can be pain free.
Management of pain associated with OA in cats must include attempting to improve the cat’s living environment, minimizing stressful situations, improve their comfort and quality of life.
Hypertrophic Osteodystrophy (HOD)
Hypertrophic osteodystrophy (HOD) is developmental orthopedic disease that affects rapidly growing large- and giant-breed dogs between 2 and 8 months of age.
Symptoms vary from mild to severe and consists in warm, swollen and painful metaphyseal region in long bones.
Weimaraner is one of the overrepresented breeds affected by this condition.