Nicola Bound
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Nicola works as a senior clinical training scholar in small animal surgery. Most of her time is spent doing clinical work with both the soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery services.
Biography
Nicola graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2006 and worked for 12 months in general practice. She returned to the Royal Veterinary College in 2007 as Junior Clinical Training Scholar (intern). After another year in practice in Caterham she obtained the position of a Senior Clinical Training Scholar (Resident) in Small Animal Surgery in 2009. Nicola is enrolled to take the board certifying specialist examination of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (ECVS) in 2013. She is also enrolled on a clinical masters programme (MVetMed) and obtained her certificate in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging (CertVDI) in 2011.
Research
Nicola has undertaken a variety of clinical research projects in both orthopaedic and soft tissue dissiplines. Her current research involves ureteric stenting in cats and uroabdomen in dogs and cats.
Teaching
Nicola is involved with the teaching of both orthopaedic and soft tissue surgery to veterinary undergraduate students on their clinical rotations. She has also lectured to both undergraduate and nurses and is actively involved in training and supervision of interns on clinics.
Clinical
Nicola is interested in all aspects of small animal surgery and has particular interest in fracture repair, head and neck surgery and ureteric stenting.
Selected Publications
“Canine Patellar Luxation: A Demographic Study and Insight into the Aetiology behind the Condition”
Nicola J. Bound, Daniel Zakai, Steven J. Butterworth, and Matthew J. Pead
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2009;22(1):32-7.
“Tibial Tuberosity Avulsion Fractures in Dogs: A Review of 65 Cases”
Jessica Gower, Nicola J. Bound, Andrew Moores
J Small Anim Pract. 2008 Jul;49(7):340-3.
“Post-operative haemorrhage associated with active suction drains in 2 dogs” Alex M. Lynch, Nicola J. Bound, Zoe Halfacree and Stephen J. Baines.
JSAP 2011 Mar;52(3):172-4
“British Veterinary Practitioners’ Approach to the Management of Canine Osteoarthritis”
Nicola J. Bound, Melissa J. Upjohn and Stephen J. Baines.
Veterinary Record 2011;168:563
"Lingual and renal lymphoma in a cat"
J Feline Med Surg. 2011 Apr;13(4):272-5
Nicola J. Bound, Simon L. Priestnall, Matthieu P.Cariou