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New Abstracts of the week

Healing potentials of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement combined with platelet gel in the critical-sized radial bone defect of rats.

PLoS One. 2018 Apr 2;13(4):e0194751. eCollection 2018.

The PG-PMMA can be proposed as a promising option to increase regenerative potential of PMMA, particularly when it is used as fixator, filler or adhesive in the dentistry, neurosurgery and bone tissue engineering applications.

Small animal: Biologics - Deformity - Fracture Fixation and Implants

Osteoblast differentiation of equine induced pluripotent stem cells

Biol Open. 2018 Apr 23. pii: bio.033514. [Epub ahead of print]

The successful, direct, differentiation of equine iPSCs into osteoblasts may provide a source of cells for future regenerative medicine strategies to improve fracture repair in horses undergoing surgery.

Small animal: Biologics

Large animal: Equine

Heritability of patellar luxation in the Chihuahua and Bichon Frise breeds of dogs and effectiveness of a Swedish screening programme

Vet J. 2018 Apr;234:136-141. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Further genetic progress would be facilitated by selection using estimated breeding values based on veterinary screening records.

Small animal: Knee

Incoming meetings and courses

September 12, 2018 to September 15, 2018

WVOC 2018

5th World Veterinary Orthopaedic Congress ESVOT-VOS

Barcelona, Spain

Full paper offered by V.C.O.T.

Vcot

Comparison of Three Methods to Quantify Laxity in the Canine Hip Joint

Bart J. G. Broeckx, Aldo Vezzoni, Evelien Bogaerts, Mileva Bertal, Tim Bosmans, Emmelie Stock, Dieter Deforce, Luc Peelman, Jimmy H. Saunders

Objectives: Comparison of PennHIP and a novel method to diagnose hip laxity, called the Vezzoni modified Badertscher distension device technique.