Case-Based Exploration: The Problematic Hock

At some stage in your veterinary career, you will be presented with a canine patient that has hock swelling, discomfort, and/or hyperextension. Many conditions can be ruled out that are primary or secondary to this presentation: Soft tissue injury, tick-borne disease, auto-immune disease, OCD, OA, etc.

This webinar walks you through the diagnostic process to determine if the symptoms are primary or secondary. Once the symptoms are identified, what are the best short and long-term courses of treatment?

Key Discussion Points

• Diagnostic tests that help confirm the primary or secondary diagnosis
• Trade-offs between arthroscopic and conservative management
• Treatment option details
  • Arthroscopic treatment
  • Medical management
  • Rehabilitation therapy
  • Support wraps/ orthotics
  • Regenerative medicine/ orthobiologic injections
• Diagnosis and treatment from start to finish by watching a real-life case: history, presentation, diagnostics, treatments, rehab, recovery, and return to function
• Q&A session

Link to slides

Please note that the original speaker will not be available to answer questions submitted for on-demand webinars. Our medical team will answer any questions to the best of their availability, but this may not be possible depending on the question submitted.