UP vets' partial knee replacement surgery on Theophylline the cat another first for South Africa

Specialist veterinary surgeons at the Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital (OVAH) in the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science conducted South Africa’s first partial knee replacement on a cat.

UP vets' partial knee replacement surgery on theophylline the cat another first for South Africa: Theophylline at home and back on her operated leg three days after surgery.

UP vets' partial knee replacement surgery on theophylline the cat another first for South Africa: Radiographs of Theophylline’s right pelvic limb after the surgery with the new patella groove implant in place and the kneecap back in normal position.

Dr Elge Bester and Dr Adriaan Kitshoff performing surgery on Theophylline’s leg.
Theophylline at home and back on her operated leg three days after surgery.
Radiographs of Theophylline’s right pelvic limb after the surgery with the new patella groove implant in place and the kneecap back in normal position.

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