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Our orthopedic veterinary specialty team includes four board certified veterinary surgeons with over 50 years of combined experience. All of our surgeons are Diplomates of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Arthroscopy is a surgical technique used to visualize, diagnose and treat intraarticular (inside a joint) problems and the surgeons at Colorado Canine Orthopedics have performed thousands of arthroscopic procedures to treat a variety of canine orthopedic conditions.
Nearly all major canine joints can be visualized using arthroscopy. In most cases arthroscopy is used as a diagnostic tool as well as a treatment modality. The most common uses in canine patients involve juvenile bone diseases and ligament injuries in the stifle and glenohumeral joints. Juvenile bone diseases include osteochondritis dissecans (OCD) of the shoulder, elbow, stifle and tarsocrual joints and elbow dysplasia. Arthroscopy can be used to confirm the diagnosis, remove osteochondral fragments and encourage revascularization of the remaining subchondral defects. Arthroscopy is also used to diagnose and treat ligament and tendon injuries in the glenohumeral joint and cranial cruciate ligament and meniscal tears in the stifle joint.
