Services and Procedures available at Ridge Referrals

Services supplied/ operations performed

Cruciate ligament failure

• Stifle arthroscopy *
• Tightrope, Mini Tightrope and Micro Tightrope stabilisation*
• TPLO and internally braced TPLO *

 

Elbow dysplasia

• CT assessment
• Elbow arthroscopy *
• Arthroscopic OCD flap removal
• Canine Uni Compartmental Elbow resurfacing *
• SynACART OCD resurfacing *
• Bi Oblique, proximal ulna osteotomy
• Anconeal process reattachment

 

Humeral Intracondylar Fissures and IOHC

• Gold standard CT assessment
• Custom guided 5mm screw stabilisation

 

Patella luxation

• CT assessment and stifle arthroscopy *
• Sulcoplasty and tibial crest transposition
• Distal Femoral Osteotomy (custom guided)
• Patella Groove Replacement

 

Limb deformity

• CT assessment and examination
• Antebrachial correction with custom guides and internal fixation
• Femoral and tibial correction with custom guides and internal fixation

 

Osteochondrosis

• CT assessment
• Arthroscopic flap debridement and assessment *
• SynACART resurfacing for elbow, shoulder and stifle lesions *
• Allograft resurfacing for large talar lesions *

 

Orthobiologics

• Arthrex Autologous Conditioned Plasma *
• Stem cell therapies
• Meniscal allograft transplant

 

Shoulder injury

• Diagnostic ultrasound, CT and arthroscopic assessment
• Arthroscopic biceps tenotomy and medial and lateral GH ligament augmentation *
• Arthroscopic OCD flap removal *

 

Joint salvage

• Partial and pan tarsal arthrodesis
• Partial and pan carpal arthrodesis
• Custom shoulder arthrodesis
• Selected glenoid excision arthroplasty
• Femoral head and neck excision arthroplasty
• Stifle and elbow arthrodesis
• CUE * and PGR

 

Musculo-skeletal neoplasia

• CT assessment including staging
• Limb amputation including forequarter amputation
• Selected endoprosthesis limb salvage with custom implants

 

Fracture management

• Internal fixation with standard LCP implants (2.0, 2.4, 2.7, 3.5mm)
• Internal fixation with PAXs mini locking implants (1.5, 2.0, 2.4mm)
• Internal fixation with SOP implants (2.0, 2.7, 3.5mm)
• Pin and wire
• External fixation with linear fixator, ring fixators and hybrid (mini, medium and large)
• MIPO repair techniques where appropriate

 

Joint luxation

• Hip luxation
  • Tightrope repair for medium and large dogs *
  • Iliofemoral suture repair for cat and small dogs
• Shoulder luxation
  • Arthroscopically guided Tightrope repair *
• Stifle disruption
  • Internally braced TPLO and collateral ligament repair*
• Elbow, carpal and tarsal luxation
  • Fastak, Pushlock, Swivelock anatomic ligament reconstruction *

 

Assorted Specific procedures

• Achilles ligament reconstruction using Speedwhip technique *
• Meniscal allograft replacement
• Arthrex allograft harvest and implantation techniques *
• Custom antebrachial correction and stabilisation with custom implants

 

* indicates those procedures in which we are recognised by Arthrex as a European Consultant and hence demonstrate particular expertise in.