Orthopaedic
The research group includes both orthopaedic and soft tissue clinicians. Much of the work is conducted around naturally occurring clinical problems in dogs and cats and their diagnosis and treatment. Clinical research within the group encompasses a wide array of themes related to the clinical expertise of each member of the group. Some clinicians in this group are involved in basic and clinical research projects and collaborate with other research groups at the Bristol Veterinary School and connect into the wider University of Bristol.
CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH
Specific and ongoing areas of clinical research in veterinary orthopaedics include
- Patella fracture And Dental anomaly Syndrome (PADS) in cats
- Effect of ageing and renal disease on feline bone stiffness
- Lameness evaluation in cats
- Humeral intracondylar fissure fractures in Spaniels, outcome and aetiology, and surgical complication rates
- Cruciate disease – the sit test
- Slipped capital femoral epiphyses in cats
- Fracture repair in the cat
Recent studies
- Skull pathology in 10 cats with patellar fracture and dental anomaly syndrome
- Radiographic assessment of the skeletons of Dolly and other clones finds no abnormal osteoarthritis
- Howes C, Gracis M, Longley M, Langley-Hobbs SJ. Mandibular and maxillary abnormalities in cats with patella fractures. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 2018
- Reyes NA, Longley M, Bailey S, Langley-Hobbs SJ. Incidence and types of preceding and subsequent fractures in cats with patellar fracture and dental anomaly syndrome. Journal of feline medicine and surgery. 2018 Oct 22:1098612X18800837.
- Carwardine D, Langley-Hobbs SJ. Feline shoulder luxation: a cadaveric study of injury and repair using ligament prostheses. J Small Anim Pract. 2019 Aug;60(8):463-470. doi: 10.1111/jsap.12999. Epub 2019 Apr 22. PubMed PMID:31006864.
- Chan A, Reyes NA, Bailey S, Langley-Hobbs SJ. Treatment of humeral condylar fractures and humeral intracondylar fissures in cats with patellar fracture and dental anomaly syndrome. JFMS 2020
- Reyes NA, Bailey SJ, Langley-Hobbs SJ. Treatment of pelvic fractures in cats with patellar fracture and dental anomaly syndrome. JFMS 2020
- Maniaki E, Murrell J, Langley-Hobbs SJ. Associations between early neutering, obesity, outdoor access, trauma and feline degenerative disease. JFMS 2021
- Pilot, M, Bell, C ;O'Dair, H; Glenn, E; Bailey, S; Langley-Hobbs SJ. Chronic paronychia in cats with patellar fracture and dental anomaly syndrome. JFMS Accepted February 2021
- Langley-Hobbs SJ. Patella fractures in cats JFMS May 2021
Contact
Professor Sorrel Langley-Hobbs
Chair in Small Animal Orthopaedic Surgery