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Just back from a circular external fixation course this weekend — and I can’t stop thinking about Ilizarov.A Soviet surg...
11/05/2026

Just back from a circular external fixation course this weekend — and I can’t stop thinking about Ilizarov.

A Soviet surgeon with no resources who accidentally changed orthopaedics forever. Proof that in surgery, simplicity beats complexity most times.

Circular fixators look like something from a science fiction film. But the principles behind them are surprisingly straightforward — and what they can achieve is remarkable.

Swipe for the story 👉

We talk about closure methods in terms of speed, cost and infection rates. Rarely do we talk about what it actually feel...
30/04/2026

We talk about closure methods in terms of speed, cost and infection rates. Rarely do we talk about what it actually feels like to be on the receiving end.

I am now uniquely qualified to weigh in.

The literature is clear: intradermal sutures offer superior cosmesis, lower self-trauma risk and no exposed suture tracts — all of which matter enormously in patients who likes to chew and cannot tell us they’re uncomfortable, and apparently also in surgeons who can.

Update: the wound is being revised. I have formally requested intradermal closure this time. Consider this my peer-reviewed opinion.

Please share your thoughts with me, both personal «testing» and vet surgery-related! 👇

28/04/2026

A recent study investigated chondroitinase ABC — an enzyme injected directly into the affected disc under fluoroscopic guidance — as a non-surgical alternative for non-ambulatory small dogs with acute thoracolumbar IVDD.

54 dogs enrolled. Inclusion criteria: under 15kg, 2–10 years old, onset within 48 hours.
Recovery was defined as walking 10 steps unassisted within 4 months.

The enzyme is not FDA approved and currently only available at the two study centres. But the results are promising enough that this likely won’t stay experimental for long.

Freeman P et al. JAVMA 2025;263(6)
DOI: 10.2460/javma.24.12.0790

Save this so you are ready when the enzyme is! 💾

Patron saint of veterinary surgery.Keeper of hardware, orthopaedic opinions, and surgical audacity.Btw:What’s the differ...
16/04/2026

Patron saint of veterinary surgery.
Keeper of hardware, orthopaedic opinions, and surgical audacity.

Btw:
What’s the difference between a surgeon and God?
God does not think she is a surgeon.

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