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Pet Care
from North Glos
Tewkesbury
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Dragon Vets Tewkesbury is fully equipped with a sterile operating theatre, digital radiography, ultrasonography and laboratory equipment. Drop in and have a look around. You will see many of the same friendly faces from our main surgery at Dragon Vets Cheltenham. You can book your visits and pick up pet supplies, food or medications at either surgery if it’s more convenient.
OPEN
MONDAY-FRIDAY 9am-6.30pm & SATURDAY 9am-10.30am 31 Church Street, Tewkesbury, GL20 5PD www.dragonvet.co.uk 01684 217 708
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Prestbury Park, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham GL50 4SH T: 01242 580324 www.dragonvet.co.uk 24 HOUR EMERGENCY ~ 01242 522022
Pet Care
with Oliver Wilkinson of Dragon Vet Centre
3D printing helps with intricate foot surgery
I recently had to treat a young whippet with a very wobbly foot! The poor dog had torn the ligaments on the outside of its foot so when it tried to weight bear the foot buckled and bent inwards at an unnatural angle.
A CT scan revealed that the small bones of the ankle were undamaged so the solution was to place a small plate across the damaged area to provide the necessary stability.
However, the skin in this area is quite limited and the bones of the foot are small and quite irregularly shaped, so placing a plate accurately requires a lot of bending and contouring to sit perfectly. The solution was to use our CT images to 3D print the dog’s foot prior to surgery. This allowed me to mold the plate prior to the operation and align it perfectly with all the small bones. I’m glad to say the surgery was a success and now our patient has a perfectly straight foot once more! The Local Answer To advertise call Page
