Orthopaedic Surgery

Orthopaedic surgery is largely undertaken by Peter Rushton-Taylor and his team at Sommet Vert.

Some of the more routine orthopaedic procedures include:

This procedure addresses cruciate disease (stifle/knee joint) in dogs. Please see further information in our Procedures section.

The groove the ‘knee cap’ runs through is deepened and stabilised.

Cartilage is debrided from the carpus and a bone plate is applied to fuse the joint.

Cartilage is debrided from tarsal bones and a bone plate is applied to stabilise the joint.

According to the injury that has occured, bone plates and screws will be fixed internally to repair the fracture.

The removal of abnormal joint cartilage.

Used to improve the healing of fractures and arthrodeses (joint fusion).