Introduction to dog hip dysplasia

Canine hip dysplasia (CHD) is a common hip disease in medium and large dogs, especially golden retrievers, Alaska, Germany Dogs such as collies are susceptible. Dogs are most susceptible to the disease when they are 4 to 8 months old.

The main cause of hip dysplasia in dogs

It is caused by the fact that the bones grow too fast and the muscle growth cannot keep up, causing the femoral head to be pulled by the muscles and prolapse from the spleen-acetabular joint. Because in normal hip joint development, the spleen acetabulum and the femoral head (ball) must be closely connected to each other throughout the growth period, which means that the spleen acetabulum must be deep enough and the femoral head ball must be The femoral head is formed tightly, deeply and perfectly integrated with the spleen acetabular fossa.

Treatment of hip dysplasia in dogs

Conservative treatment

Conservative treatment is to use joint health drugs to protect the joints, lose weight, and exercise appropriately to improve the joints Muscle and ligament tension, and provide reasonable physical therapy measures using treadmills or swimming.

Early intervention treatment

Early intervention treatment is surgical treatment based on early diagnosis. It is now recognized that the more effective early treatment methods include pubic symphysis anastomosis surgery for puppies aged 3.5-4.5 months. , pelvic double incision/pelvic triple incision surgery is performed at 5-8 months of age.

Later treatment

Later treatment includes the use of femoral head and neck resection surgery and canine total hip replacement surgery.