Orthopaedic Referrals
The New Year has been an exciting time for Eden Veterinary Referrals as we expand our orthopaedic referral service after welcoming our new small animal surgeon, Edward Allsop to our team. Along with a wealth of surgical experience, Edward particularly enjoys seeing orthopaedic cases. So, from January, our clients can look forward to meeting Edward and benefiting from his expertise when they bring their beloved pets in to see our orthopaedic team.
Expansion of our Orthopaedic Services
Our fabulous orthopaedic team at Eden Veterinary Referrals already offers top-class diagnostics with the latest technology and advanced surgical procedures. This enables all pets to receive comprehensive investigations and an accurate diagnosis for even the most complex lameness cases. Alongside routine surgeries, our highly skilled surgeons also perform cutting-edge surgical procedures, ensuring all pets have access to the latest treatments. Now Edward Allsop has joined our veterinary referral team we can offer our high-quality services to more clients, enabling us to treat more pets and improve their quality of life.
Welcome Edward Allsop
Edward is an experienced and dedicated veterinary surgeon, having achieved his soft tissue surgery certificate in 2013. Since then, Edd has consolidated his knowledge and surgical skills by performing a wide range of complex surgical procedures as lead surgeon. With a specific interest in Orthopaedics, Edd performs both routine and complex orthopaedic cases, while his empathetic manner and dedication to ensuring client understanding ensures he will be popular with our clients.
Edd is a welcome addition to our orthopaedic team, where he will work alongside our other skilled orthopaedic surgeons, Horatio Marchis and Georgina Timms, ensuring that we can continue to provide all of our patients with outstanding care.
Orthopaedic facilities
An important part of orthopaedic referral work is the use of diagnostic imaging, which is essential for diagnosing orthopaedic conditions and injuries, as well as for assessing the success of surgical procedures and monitoring the healing process. Here at Eden Veterinary Referrals, our orthopaedic team have access to all the latest diagnostic services, from digital radiography to arthroscopy and Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, enabling us to provide our patients with the highest level of care.
Diagnostic facilities available at Eden Veterinary Referrals
- Digital Radiography
- CT Scanner
- MRI Scanner
- Musculoskeletal (MSK) Ultrasound
- Arthroscopy
Our orthopaedic team work closely with our diagnostic imagers so we can get top-quality diagnostic information for our patients. This enables our orthopaedic surgeons to accurately diagnose challenging orthopaedic cases, including lameness that is difficult to localise. Diagnostic imaging is also vital when developing treatment plans tailored to each pet, so clients can make an informed decision about their pet’s treatment and understand their pet’s prognosis.
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Musculoskeletal (MSK) Ultrasound is a modern technology, only available for small animals in limited locations throughout the UK. However, here at Eden Veterinary Referrals, we are proud to be one of the few veterinary practices that can offer MSK ultrasound to all our canine patients who will benefit from it.
MSK ultrasound is a cutting-edge imaging modality that is invaluable for diagnosing canine soft tissue injuries, so makes up an important part of many lameness investigations. It is also an essential tool that can be used to guide regenerative medicine treatment and for monitoring a patient’s rehabilitation.
Benefits of MSK ultrasound
- Non-invasive with no radiation risks for the patient
- Affordable
- Essential for diagnosing tendon and ligament injuries
- Quick to perform
Orthopaedic surgical procedures
Our Orthopaedic team offers a wide range of surgical procedures to treat all common orthopaedic conditions as well as performing cutting-edge surgeries to help pets suffering from rare conditions or complex injuries.
Routine orthopaedic procedures include;
- Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy (TPLO) – Cranial cruciate ligament repair
- Patella Luxation Surgery
- Fracture Stabilisation Surgery – Using either internal or external fixation to repair any severity of fracture
- Joint Luxation Repair – Repair of ligament injuries, which aims to save the joint
- Correction of Angular Limb Deformities
- Arthrodesis Surgery – Fusion of a joint to increase stability and to treat chronic pain
- Joint resurfacing – To manage cartilage lesions that occur with Osteochondrosis Dissecans (OCD)
- Regenerative Therapies – Platelet Rich Plasma, Stem Cells and A2M injections to treat soft tissue injuries
- Humeral Intercondylar Fissure (HIF) Repair
- Elbow Dysplasia management – Several surgical procedures can be used to keep pets with elbow dysplasia comfortable
Packaged price procedures
For several conditions that we see routinely, we have simplified the cost and made procedures affordable by offering all clients a packaged treatment price. This one treatment cost will cover the surgical procedure, hospitalisation, repeat radiographs, medications, and post-operative check, so clients are not faced with any hidden costs when pets are admitted for one of our packaged price procedures.
Procedures included in our packaged price plan include fracture repair, Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy (TPLO) and Medial Luxating Patella repair. Please contact our referral team for more information about our packaged price procedures and to get your pet booked in to see our orthopaedic team.
At Eden Veterinary Referrals, we have a highly skilled and experienced orthopaedic team ready to see your pet for both routine referrals and emergencies, so you can be sure your pet is in safe hands. We will also see pets within 7 days for all routine appointments, so you are not left waiting and worrying about your pet. Our referral team are happy to answer any questions you may have about our orthopaedic referral service, so do not hesitate to get in contact with us for more information.
