Mobile Veterinary Orthopaedic Surgeon MARS provides access to a highly trained specialist orthopaedic vet surgeon without the stress of travel. Our mobile service delivers expert orthopaedic surgery for pets to your local and trusted veterinary clinic, ensuring every patient receives referral-level care in a familiar environment.
Why choose mobile orthopaedic pet surgery for your clinic?
MARS veterinary orthopaedic surgeons are highly esteemed leaders in the orthopaedic industry.
Orthopaedic surgery involves the diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting bones, joints, and the associated tissues such as tendons and ligaments. The veterinary orthopaedic surgery team at MARS are renowned for its expertise in veterinary orthopaedics, with numerous publications in the field.
Our mobile service gives clinics direct access to a veterinary orthopaedic surgeon in Melbourne, without the need to transport patients elsewhere. As trusted orthopaedic vet specialists, we deliver referral-level care in the familiar environment of your clinic.
We maintain exceptional infection control protocols to minimise the risk of surgical site infections. We work in conjunction with your regular vet to review all prior diagnostic images to ensure nothing is missed.
Mobile veterinary orthopaedic procedures performed by MARS
Our team of orthopaedic vet surgeons performs advanced procedures in your clinic, including:
Cruciate disease
- Tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO) for cranial cruciate ligament rupture
- CORA based levelling osteotomy (CBLO)
- Modified cranial closing wedge ostectomy (mod CCWO)
- Extracapsular suture stabilisation for cranial cruciate ligament rupture (Fastak, nylon leader line).
Elbow disease
- Distal ulnar osteotomy/ ostectomy
- Bi oblique dynamic proximal ulnar osteotomy (BODPUO)
Hip disease
- Juvenile pubic symphysiodesis (JPS)
- Double Pelvic osteotomy (DPO)
- Femoral head and neck ostectomy
Fracture repair
- External fixation: IMEX small large and mini SK, IMEX standard and mini circular
- Internal fixation: 1.5mm, 2.0mm, 2.4mm, 2.7mm and 3.5 mm plating systems with locking screws for 2.0/2.7/3.5/4.0, string of pearls (SOP) locking plates.
Joint luxation
- Prosthetic ligament replacement
- Toggle pins (hip luxation)
- Transarticular ESF
Patella luxation surgery
- Tibial tuberosity transposition/stabilisation
- Corrective osteotomies of the distal femur (DFO)
- Block/wedge trochleoplasty
Lumbosacral disease
- Epidural cortisone injections
Arthrodesis
- Partial carpal/ tarsal arthrodesis
- Pan- carpal/ tarsal arthrodesis
Stem cells
- Intra articular injection of stem cells for the treatment of osteoarthritis
Total hip replacement, total elbow replacements, patella groove replacements and resurfacing procedures (CUE, Synocart) are not performed in the mobile setting but can be arranged at our Hawthorn East hospital.
Expertise in orthopaedic vet procedures
Our team of highly trained veterinary surgeons provides advanced orthopaedic surgery for a wide range of conditions, including cruciate disease, fractures, joint luxations, patella issues, ligament injuries, and hip disorders.
Every surgery is performed by an experienced veterinary orthopaedic surgeon, supported by advanced mobile equipment and imaging. Whether it’s routine repair or complex orthopaedic pet surgery, our mobile team ensures patients receive the highest standard of care in your clinic.
Support for local vets
Our referral model allows patients to receive world-class care locally, while providing referring vets and families with seamless specialist support. Using state-of-the-art techniques and mobile surgical equipment, we deliver referral-level care directly to your clinic. Each procedure is performed by a specialist pet orthopaedic surgeon, ensuring your patients receive the highest standard of specialist care in a familiar and comfortable environment.