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The following articles have all appeared in Clinical Connections the RVC veterinary services newsletter
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Headshaking Treated by PENS
Equine headshaking was successfully treated with a new treatment called percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) at the RVC -
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Multimodal Approach to Pain Management
A Newfoundland suffering from recurrent neck pain, due to nerve root compression, was helped by a multimodal approach involving the RVC’s Anaesthesia and Analgesia Service, Diagnostic imaging, Neurology and Neurosurgery and Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation services. -
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Cat Bounces Back After Brain Surgery
A cat that had severe neurological deficits as a result of a large intracranial meningioma made a full recovery after the tumour was removed by RVC surgeons. -
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Gait Analysis
RVC objective gait analysis system has substantial benefits. Orthopaedic examination and subsequent diagnostic work-up is a complex decision-making process reliant on observation of the horse under a variety of conditions. -
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Advanced Imaging Case Study
Advanced imaging case study of a greyhound seen by specialists at the Royal Veterinary College, who was injured when chasing a deer -
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The power of the coconut - breakthroughs to support dogs
A new diet to help nutritionally support the management of dogs with idiopathic epilepsy has been developed. using the expertise of the RVC -
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Are We Close to an Ataxia Detector?
Ataxia is incoordination and can originate from the vestibular system, the cerebellum or the proprioceptive system, the latter primarily consisting of muscle-nerve stretch and feedback to the spinal cord and the brainstem. By far the most common … -
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Turning the Table – Computed Tomography of the Cervical Spine and Stifles in Horses
The RVC Equine CT scanner is 10 cm wider than a standard CT, allowing us to image the entire cervical spine, often up to the level of the thoracic vertebrae and the limb up to and including the stifle. -
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Exciting Advances in the Treatment of Recurrent Laryngeal Neuropathy
A cervical nerve transplantation technique developed by Justin Perkins, Lecturer in Equine Surgery at the RVC, has shown promising results as a method of reinnervation of the larynx for horses with recurrent laryngeal neuropathy