Veterinary Professionals
Improving the quality of life for dogs with canine cruciate ligament rupture. Can you share information about how cruciate surgery has affected dogs in your care?
Help build the evidence-base so that we can better understand which surgical techniques and implants improve patient outcomes.
About the registry
Cranial cruciate ligament rupture is one of the most common causes of lameness in dogs. There are multiple surgical techniques available, though there is a lack of high-quality evidence comparing the outcomes and complications associated with these techniques.
RCVS Knowledge’s free Canine Cruciate Registry provides an opportunity to address this by gathering data, to improve our ability to evaluate the benefits of particular procedures or implants and to more quickly recognise any quality concerns with new techniques, resulting in improved patient safety. We will be able to identify patient-related factors which may influence the outcome and help accurately guide client decision making. It relies on information reported by you, and by your clients.
The registry is open to ALL veterinary surgeons in the United Kingdom performing any surgical technique. The registry is the first of its kind, in the veterinary profession, anywhere in the world.
How it works
Testimonials
Simon
The CCR is a golden opportunity for vets and pet owners to work together and improve the quality of knee surgery for dogs. Cruciate disease is common in the UK, so we have large numbers of cases that we can analyse. More cases means more data and this is what will allow us to make informed conclusions about what techniques work best, to improve knee surgery outcomes for all dogs in the future.
Richard
The benefits of the CCR are immense – for dogs, owners and veterinary surgeons. Owners will be able to make better-informed decisions and their feedback on outcomes will be included. Surgeons will be able to monitor and compare their results, adapting and improving their treatments accordingly. I believe that the CCR could trigger a widespread change in the veterinary profession. The success of the CCR, will be entirely dependent on how well owners and surgeons engage with it.
Pam
As a vet and the owner of a lab that has had a ruptured cruciate, I am very excited about this new project.
Throughout my career, there have been many techniques for canine cruciate repair, which as a referring vet have been confusing.
It would be great to be able to share with owners the evidence on outcomes for these techniques to ensure the best result for each individual dog.
Anji
Our pets are much loved members of our family and we would wish the best treatment for them in the event they need it.
I hope that owners can engage in this by recording their own dog’s progress knowing that this can be individually monitored as well as the resulting data contributing to improvements in treatments for other animals in future.
Ben
The RCVS Knowledge CCR offers surgeons the unique opportunity to ensure that we are following best practice in choosing and applying the best techniques and implants. We can only hope to improve as a profession with this objective data.
If I was a client, I would want to know that my pet’s surgeon participated in systematic auditing and benchmarked themselves against other centres. The CCR, and endeavors like it, are of paramount importance in ensuring that all future developments result in real, clinical progress.
Simon Ratcliffe
Veterinary Surgeon
Richard Whitelock
Veterinary Surgeon
Pam Mosedale
Veterinary Surgeon
Anji Kingman
Pet Owner
Ben Walton
Veterinary Surgeon
