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Title: Dr. Terri Schiller and her husband Rick Schiller for another exciting round of total hip replacements

Date: 5/7/07 - 5/8-07

Detail: Hip Replacement Demos

BFX – On May 7 -8, 2007, VSCD in cooperation with Dr. Gary S. Brown (Veterinary Orthopedic and Surgery Service; http://www.vetortho.com/) and Dr. Andy Frey (Animal Referral Center; Manteca, California) hosted Dr. Terri Schiller and her husband Rick Schiller for another exciting round of total hip replacements using the most innovative techniques available. 

Dr. Schiller has her own referral hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia (http://www.accg.com/) and was fortunate to train at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine during the years of development for the porous coated hip replacement system.  At the time, Howmedica was developing a human system of hip replacement which would no longer require adhesive (methylmethacralate) to be stable.  This ‘so-called’ biological fixation system was designed to be better ‘accepted’ by the body, more durable over time and most accurately reproduce ‘normal’ biology (normal vascularity).  This system although designed for dogs was never commercially available, so most veterinary surgeons have very limited training with it. 

However, since Dr. Schiller and her husband Rick were part of the original design and implantation team, their experience is broad, and unmatched.  In the late 1990’s the porous coated technology was acquired by Biomedtrix a veterinary orthopedic company in the total hip replacement development business for over 25 years (www.biomedtrix.com).  In cooperation with surgeons such as Dr. Schiller, Biomedtrix has pioneered the advancement of porous coated joint replacement in dogs, and the BFX system is result of their efforts.  During the these two days in May this assemblage of surgeons was successful in placing 4 total hip replacements in as many dogs!  VSCD is very proud of its affiliations with Dr. Schiller, Dr. Brown and Dr. Frey and the many successful results of these cooperative efforts.

“Rosco” is a 1 ½ year old Golden Retriever with bad hips who has a new ‘leash’ on life!