July 2024

A proximal lateral portal and insertion of a standard VSTL can be performed without removing the arthroscope.
An unusual feature of the dog’s gait was the external rotation of the hip during the stance phase of the gait.
This was the only reported case of a Salter-Harris fracture of the accessory carpal bone in a dog.
All three cases were successfully treated, with only minor complications reported.
Implant design and implementation continues to progress, with new innovative designs currently under investigation.
The study by de Bruyn and colleagues in this edition[1] examines the impact of orthogonal plating on these parameters.
This is the first recorded case of canine brachial plexus extraskeletal osteosarcoma.