Surgical management of osteoarthritis is indicated for patients severely affected by osteoarthritis for which conservative management alone is not achieving the desired results. The joint(s) of the...
The aetiology of feline OA is different to that of canine OA. There is much less evidence to support OA secondary to developmental disease processes such as dysplasia, with one particular study citing...
As the name suggests, this is removal of the head and neck of the affected femur with the outcome being immediate relief from the pain of OA or the prevention of symptoms of OA (Harper, 2017). The...
Obesity can be defined as the accumulation of body fat in excess of what is necessary to maintain optimum condition and health. While this condition may appear obvious in a grossly obese individual,...
The initial cause of OA can be difficult to determine as there may be a number of factors contributing to the development and progression of the condition. Johnston (1997) summarises the causes of...
OA occurs when there is a loss of articular cartilage (Abercromby et al, 2006) as a result of both biological and mechanical events. These events destabilise the normal coupling of degradation and...
A stem cell is an unspecialized cell capable of self renewal and able to differentiate into a specialized cell. Embryonic stem cells are derived from the inner cell mass of early stage embryos whereas...
