In this podcast, we talk to Elvin Kulendra, lecturer in orthopaedic surgery here at the RVC about coxofemoral luxation in dogs.  The most common luxation in dogs and the majority are related to trauma. Elvin talks about initial assessment, the major body systems, and gait and neurological function, which radiographs to take and steps on how to perform a closed reduction, which should be successful 50% of the time (higher in cats). Allegedly there are 20 ways to perform an open reduction, though we don’t talk about all of them. Cage rest regardless of reduction technique for at least 4 weeks, lead walking only (no jumping, stairs etc).

A review on coxofemoral luxations: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15943127  

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