Annual Report
2024
The groundbreaking annual report of the RCVS Knowledge Canine Cruciate Registry provides veterinary professionals and owners with the data they need to navigate clinical decisions with confidence.
The 2024 report has shown a 79% increase in the number of surgeries recorded by UK professionals in the last year. The registry now contains the details of 1,319 surgical procedures, compared with 735 included in the 2023 report.
Compared to the 2023 report:
1. There were 474 registered users – including both surgeons and delegates.
2. Staffordshire Bull Terriers are no longer among the top five most common breeds on the registry, with Cockapoos jumping from seventh most common to fourth.
3. The rest of the top five remained unchanged from 2023: Labrador Retrievers (1st), English Springer Spaniels (2nd) Golden Retrievers (3rd), and Cocker Spaniels (5th).
4. The most commonly performed procedures were osteotomies, while the proportion of Tibial Plateau Levelling Osteotomy (TPLO) procedures having increased.
5. Regional anaesthesia was used in 82.6% of patients, a 0.4% reduction since the last report in 2023. A femoral and sciatic block was the most commonly performed technique.
6. Patient weights ranged from 1.6kg to 80.3kg, with the number of patients reported as Overweight and Too Heavy having reduced by 1.5% since the last report.
7. Most patients (97.5%) had an intra-articular assessment, a 5.5% increase from 2023. Arthrotomies remain the most common.
8. Antibiotics were used peri-operatively for most patients (99.9%), remaining constant with data from 2023.
9. Only about a third (36.1%) of patients were dispensed post-operative antibiotics, a reduction of 1% since 2023.
10. Adverse event reporting increased, with haemorrhage remaining the most common. In line with the last report, the majority of patients are still rated ‘Much Better’ at all time intervals post-surgery.
Reported procedures by year
Mean Canine Orthopedic Index (COI) score by procedure
Mean Liverpool Osteoarthritis in Dogs (LOAD) score by procedure
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