📍 W7683 Old Highway 93, Holmen, WI, 54636
📞 608-406-4999
At Van Loon Animal Hospital, we take extra care to make sure your pet has a good experience and is in the hands of professionals who care! Dr. Mark Hein is an experience Veterinarian, and he and his trusted staff will treat your animals just like they were their own. Call them today to schedule and appointment!
📍 W7683 Old Highway 93, Holmen, WI, 54636
📞 608-313-4959
At Van Loon Animal Hospital, we take extra care to make sure your pet has a good experience and is in the hands of professionals who care! Dr. Mark Hein is an experience Veterinarian, and he and his trusted staff will treat your animals just like they were their own. Call them today to schedule and appointment!
📍 1231 Crossing Mdws, Onalaska, WI, 54650
📞 608-291-6442
At Van Loon Animal Hospital, we take extra care to make sure your pet has a good experience and is in the hands of professionals who care! Dr. Mark Hein is an experience Veterinarian, and he and his trusted staff will treat your animals just like they were their own. Call them today to schedule and appointment!
📍 W7683 Old Highway 93, Holmen, WI, 54636
📞 608-792-8184
🌐 www.wisconsinveterinaryorthopedics.com
Wisconsin Veterinary Orthopedic's goal is to provide reconstructive knee surgery to both Veterinary Clinics and the Public employing Tibial Tuberosity Transplant technology. We make your best friend better! Let us make sure your pet can walk to greet you or run to fetch the ball or scurry into the fields to retrieve during a hunt. Wisconsin Veterinary Orthopedics is your first call for help when you see your dog limping or favoring a leg. Check out our coupon for a FREE exam to see if your dog is a candidate for this life changing surgery. It could change the life of your dog and you. You will see a sparkle back in their run that you haven't seen for quite a while. Call today 608-792-8184 and let us get your dog back on the road to a full life! Wisconsin Veterinary Orthopedics is currently employing several methods to correct both medial[ inside] and lateral[outside] luxation of the patella: preoperative x-rays and an exam determine what procedures[s] will give the patient the most long term benefit. Many patients with luxating patellas have an angular limb deformity; our goal is to neutralize the forces on the patella to prevent luxation. Below we've outlined the procedures we most commonly employ. Joint Imbrication: This very non-invasive method of correction simply involves pleating the joint capsule with ligatures on the side opposite the luxation; this tightens the joint capsule on the opposing side to avoid luxation. This procedure is very safe , has few complications and is employed on almost all of our luxating patella surgeries. For some small dogs with mild disease this can be employed as the only means of correction. Lateral Fabellar/Patellar Ligament Suture This procedure is used in more severe cases of luxation where imbrication of the joint capsule alone will not function to prevent further luxations. A decision to perform this procedure is usually made during surgery. Here, the patellar ligament is simply pulled back from the direction of luxation with a new nylon ligament; this is a low risk procedure with minimal postoperative pain. Medial Release As most luxations occur on the inside or medial side, two muscles can be incised to relieve some of the force on the patella ; these muscles to be cut and thus released are the Sartorius and Vastus Medialis. They are transected where they join the patella[ see diagram] . This procedure is generally used along with some of the other procedures in this discussion and creates very little swelling or discomfort to the patient. Tibial Tuberosity Transposition and Advancement A small osteotomy[cut] of bone is performed where the patella attaches to the Tibia . This segment is advanced slightly with a "cage" and transposed toward the luxation where it is fastened with a stainless steel plate called an X-Gen Plate. A " spacer" of either 2,4 or 6 mm is applied
📍 408 S Main St, Holmen, WI, 54636
📞 608-526-3442
📍 N8870 County Rd M, Holmen, WI, 54636
📞 608-526-4381
📍 Serving Your Area, Onalaska, WI, 54650
📞 608-781-1151