RRVSS

Cheers to our first Synovetin OA administration day! 🥂 This novel therapy was administered to our four rockstar patients - Anja, Lola, Buckley, and Coco - to help relieve pain from the effects of osteoarthritis. They left here feeling great with their treated joints and fancy bandanas! 🐶

Synovetin OA is a disease *modifying* injection, meaning it does not simply mask the symptoms of osteoarthritis but truly treats what is present and slows down the onset of additional disease. One injection can relieve up to 1 full year of symptoms, meaning less NSAID use and soreness and more comfort and playtime for your dog or cat!

If you’re interested in using Synovetin OA to help your pet feel like their best self, give us a call to set up a consultation or to learn more 🐾 🤍
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World Cup but make it Vet Med. Completing successful complicated surgeries are kinda like World Cup goals? 🤔 Who are you rooting for this weekend? ⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Cats need ACL’s too! Poor Sunny tore his and had a severe limp affecting his ability to get around the house. He’s a big boy, but even smaller cats benefit from surgical correction!
At RRVSS we believe the old line of thinking that you can put a cat in a kennel for 8 weeks to “fix” an ACL tear is just plain wrong in most cases. It leads to a chronically unstable joint and more severe arthritis/pain down the road.
We are happy to report that Sunny’s TPLO went great and he is on to recovery! Go Sunny!!!
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RU kidding me!????!!??
Four Radius / Ulna (RU) fractures in 1 week…
Woody, Winnie, Turbo the dogs and Dion the Kitty. These poor pets all broke their Distal Radius/Ulnas in the same week!
Luckily the RRVSS team was able to fit these characters in for immediate surgical repair.
Did you know, that skeletally immature dogs and cats heal bones in 4-6 weeks, and adult dogs and cats heal in 8-10 weeks. And in fact healing begins right after the fracture occurs. This is why it is so important to treat fractures within days of the injury occurring. Onward to healing you four fracture-teers!
Also check out how cute Winnie’s little bone plate is!
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Nothing beats the feeling of a flawlessly executed day! We are so proud of our team for their seamless coordination, dedication, and positive energy today. Every detail, big and small, came together beautifully to provide the highest standard of care. Teamwork truly makes the dream work! 🙌🤍🐾
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What we do for fun on our “day off” 🤪 Renovated relief yard coming soon! Stay tuned for the finished product! 💩
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Sacre Bleu!!!! Another SurgX Interlocking Nail Case!
Poor Diablo is a 17 year old Tuxedo kitty that took a spill (or just played a little too hard!?) no one knows… but he fractured his Right Femur.  Luckily, Dr. Fetherston, Dr. Helms and our awesome Thursday flex team of RVT Niko and Katy were able to get this fractured reduced in a minimally invasive fashion allowing us to place the Interlocking Nail.   
Great case for an amazing cat!   Rest up and heal old man, so you can go another 5, 6, 7 years?!
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Patches, precious Patches, is a ~6 month old terrier cross that was found abandoned with her siblings in a vineyard near Lodi.  
rescue took the three of them in, and brought Patches to the vet to evaluate her for non-weight bearing on her right pelvic limb.
They found a distal femur fracture that would require surgical correction for her to regain function of the limb.
She was referred to RRVSS through another Stockton rescue, !
We agreed to take in her case to give Patches a chance.  These rescue case fractures are challenging because young dogs heal fast, and it became apparent on repeat X-rays that she was trying to heal this thing already in a very abnormal position.
Through careful planning, and perseverance, our team was able to re-align things, and stabilize the fracture with our SurgX Interlocking nail system (see images for some cool intra-operative fluoroscopy of her repair).  This is one of the most stable types of fracture repair that Humans get with tibia or femur fractures.  At RRVSS we feel that our furry friends deserve that same level of advanced correction, even a rescue puppy!
Go Patches!!!
And thank you for all that you do, Mutt Mother and Hungry Tailz Rescue! 🤍🐾
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