Hip Dysplasia

Congenital hip dysplasia in dogs is a well described pathologic condition in which puppies may have normal coxofemoral joints at birth which then go on to develop severe osteoarthritis. The pathogenesis of the condition has been examined closely radiographically, grossly, histologically, and ultrastructurally. It has been proposed that if the hip joint is stabilized until the joint structures have ossified, the osteoarthritis will not occur in our laboratory, we are exploring a minimally invasive technique by which to shrink the hip joint capsule and stabilize the joint to prevent the osteoarthritis characteristic of the disease