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CLINICAL CONNECTIONS




                                                                            RVC Clinical Services Newsletter  Summer 2021












































        MISTREATED DOG SAVED BY RVC NEURO AND

        ORTHOPAEDICS COLLABORATION



              small crossbreed dog that was   Gladys had a microchip, but it was a   an abscess in the muscles surrounding the
              thrown from a van and found to   foreign implant and no details could be   vertebral fracture, which was thought to
        A have multiple injuries made a good   obtained, and the van’s number plate was   originate from the surrounding musculature
        recovery thanks to cutting-edge treatment   not recorded. The other dog, a lurcher,   and a traumatic abdominal wall rupture.
        and excellent aftercare at RVC Small   was emaciated and covered in pressure   Members of the Neurology and
        Animal Referrals.                   sores but had no other injuries. Gladys was   Neurosurgery Service and the Orthopaedic
          Gladys was presented to the referring   partially paralysed and unable to walk.   Service worked together to save Gladys.
        veterinary practice, via a welfare charity,   Radiographs taken at the referring   Due to the presence of the abscess and
        after a member of the public witnessed her   practice revealed multiple spinal fractures   infection, there was a realistic risk that
        and another dog being thrown from the   and so Gladys was referred to the RVC. A   placement of surgical implants would be
        moving vehicle in London. They managed   CT scan revealed two vertebral fractures.   followed by dramatic wound infection and
        to catch the dogs and took them to local   A smaller thoracic vertebral fracture, which   implant failure. The fracture was therefore
        authority kennels. New Hope Animal   could be managed medically, and a lumbar   stabilised with an external skeletal fixator
        Rescue was contacted, funded treatment   vertebral body fracture with luxation that   (ESF) rather than placement of permanent
        and has since found homes for both dogs.   required surgery. Additionally, there was   implants. This is a technically complex and











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