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The BVOA Podcast

The BVOA Podcast

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Come and have a listen to the world's No.1 veterinary orthopaedic podcast....whether we are the only one or not is immaterial ;-)

Join Simon Ratcliffe and Duncan Barnes discussing all things small animal veterinary orthopaedics in the BVOA podcast! Simon and Duncan both sit on the committee of the British Veterinary Orthopaedic Association and chat with interesting guests on each episode about hot vet orthopaedic topics and scientific papers.

Simon is an advanced practitioner based in Berkshire and Duncan is a RCVS specialist in Wiltshire. So, hopefully they'll be interest here for all sorts of vets, nurses and physios, at the very least you can log it as CPD ;-)

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Episodes
  • Ellie Lederer
    Mar 31 2026

    For this episode we're joined by RCVS and EBVS Specialist Ellie Lederer. Ellie tells all about what it's like to work with Duncan (!), we hear about her career, discuss her approach to HIF and Emily Frapwell's paper on humeral condylar morphology. We also hear about Ellie's recent experience as a contestant on the TV show Gladiators and chat about what we as surgeons can learn from professional athletes.

    Link to paper here : https://tinyurl.com/yrprd3w5

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    53 mins
  • Alan Danielski
    Mar 20 2026

    We're joined by RCVS and European specialist in small animal surgery, Alan Danielski. Alan discusses his paper on the effect of PUO on the healing of HIF. We also discuss a recent case series he's published on elbow arthrodesis post failed LCF repair.

    HIF paper here: https://tinyurl.com/2s3djd26

    Arthrodesis paper here: https://tinyurl.com/58uv7jht

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Ben Walton
    Mar 6 2026

    Ben Walton is a RCVS specialist and also R&D director at Fusion Implants. We talk about humeral intracondylar fissures and two papers looking at Fusion's HIRS screw. We also discuss the development of anatomical plates and whether they will become more commonplace in the future.

    Link to the two papers here : https://tinyurl.com/3avba9h5

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    58 mins
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