Elbow dysplasia is a cause of lameness in young dogs and osteoarthritis in older ones, with medial compartment disease one step in canine OA progression.

Vet Phil Witte joins the Vet Times Podcast this week to discuss the conditions, diagnoses and all the surgical options.

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An RCVS specialist in small animal surgery (orthopaedics), Phil has worked in general practice and as an orthopaedic surgeon in referral practice.

He holds the RCVS certificate in small animal surgery and the RCVS diploma in small animal orthopaedics.

He currently works as the lead surgeon at Cornwall Veterinary Referrals. His interests include trauma management, angular limb deformity and joint disease.

He has written a Focus article for Vet Times (Volume 53, Issue 4, Pages 8-10) called “Medial compartment disease – what is it? And what can we do?”, which will be available soon via vettimes.co.uk