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Richard’s interests lie in both clinical and basic research. He is actively involved in clinical research to improve and understand outcomes from orthopaedic surgery, as well as being involved in basic and translational research. Richard is one of a handful of vets worldwide that have completed a PhD in stem cell biology/regenerative medicine, and undertook this work in Professor Gordon Blunn's group at the internationally renowed Institute of Orthoapedics and Musculoskeletal Science, UCL. 

Richard is the 91做厙's lead for orthopaedics and musculoskeletal research on the Comparative Physiology and Medicine Committee, which drives research strategy. He is also manages the clinical research output from the orthopaedic clinicians. Externally, he was Scientific Chair at the British Veterinary Orthopaedic Association (BVOA 2015-2022); in this role he oversees research grants and has input on all scientific output from the association. 

He actively collaborates with Professor Andrew Pitsillides (91做厙), Dr Aileen Crawford (Sheffield Dental School), Dr Helen Roberts (middlesex) and Dr Chavaunne Thorpe (91做厙) and Dr Sott Roberts (91做厙). Current projects include understanding the relationship between bone structural change and cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis in dogs, applicaiton of stem and cell therapy, cartilage tissue regeneration, identifying novel treatments for canine osteosarcoma, evaluating hydrotherapy for rehabilitation after cruciate ligament surgery, brachycephalic orthopaedic conditions and the development and management of osteoarthritis. Richard is also involved with the VetCompass research group (The Veterinary Companion Animal Surveillance System), looking at the epidemiology of companion animal conditions presenting in veterinary primary care. He is also interested in understanding and reduction of complications and the role of antibiotic usage in the development of resistance.

Richard has published on a range of clinical treatments in dogs and cats, including biomechanical evaluation of orthopaedic implants, evaluating the impact of hydortherapy on clinical outcomes, and the development of new treatments. Richard has had research funding from PetPlan, BVOA, MRC and the Dunhill Medical Trust. 

 

 

Peer reviewed clinical publications:

Bicavitary septic effusion associated with staphylococcal cholecystitis in a dog.
Mattavelli C, Simpson M, Szladovits B, de Los Santos L, Meeson R, Tayler S, Cole L.
J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio). 2024 Nov 4. doi: 10.1111/vec.13434. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 39494811

Traumatic lateral patellar luxation in a dog
M Simpson, CL Banks, A Frykfors von Hekkel, T Watton, R Meeson
Veterinary Record Case Reports 12 (2), 2024

Pathological calcification in canine tendon-derived cells is modulated by extracellular ATP.
Zamboulis DE, Marr N, Moustafa A, Meeson R, Orriss IR, Thorpe CT.
Vet Res Commun. 2024 Jun;48(3):1533-1543. doi: 10.1007/s11259-024-10331-1. Epub 2024 Feb 21.
PMID: 38381244

Evaluation of subchondral bone cysts in canine elbows with radiographic osteoarthritis secondary to elbow dysplasia.
Jones GMC, Gosby MR, May EM, Meeson RL.
Vet Surg. 2024 Feb;53(2):341-349. doi: 10.1111/vsu.14047. Epub 2023 Nov 9.
PMID: 37943094

Comparison of three radiographic assessment methods for detecting slipped capital femoral epiphyses in cats: Klein's line, modified Klein's line and the S-sign.
Butts D, Smith AJ, Bradley K, Meeson R, Parsons K, Langley-Hobbs SJ.J Feline Med Surg. 2023 Oct;25(10):1098612X231201775. doi: 10.1177/1098612X231201775.PMID: 37906175
 
A mismatch of planning and achieved tibial plateau angle in cranial closing wedge surgery: An in silico and clinical evaluation of 100 cases.
Banks C, Jones GMC, Meeson RL.
Vet Surg. 2023 Jul 20. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13998. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37470173

Ultrasound-guided saphenous and sciatic nerve block with ropivacaine in an adult goat undergoing trochlear sulcoplasty for lateral patellar luxation
ME Herrera-Linares, DM Bolt, R Meeson, S Sanchis-Mora
Veterinary Record Case Reports 11 (3), 2023

Risk Factors Associated with Plantar Necrosis following Tarsal Arthrodesis in Dogs.
Holroyd KL, Meeson RL, Pead MJ, Mukherjee L, Ferguson JF, Kulendra E.Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2023 Sep;36(5):257-265. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-57222. Epub 2023 May 4.PMID: 37142232

Multiligament stifle injury, a multicenter retrospective study in 26 dogs.
Coppola M, Das S, Matthews G, Cantatore M, Czopowicz M, Silva L, McCarthy J, Fernandez-Salesa N, Lafuente P, Allan R, Meeson R, Addison E.
Vet Med Sci. 2023 Mar 17:e1122. doi: 10.1002/vms3.1122. 
  
Demography, management and outcomes of canine physeal fractures (103 cases).
Currie AJ, Meeson R.
Vet Rec. 2022 Dec;191(12):e2279. doi: 10.1002/vetr.2279. Epub 2022 Oct 20.

Defining the safe corridor for transcondylar screw placement in the feline humeral condyle.
Simpson M, Meeson R.
J Feline Med Surg. 2022 Dec;24(12):e453-e458. doi: 10.1177/1098612X221121899. 
 
Assessment of normal radial joint orientation angles in nonchondrodystrophic small-breed dogs.
Duncan KL, Mielke BA, Phillips A, Pead M, Meeson R, Kaye BM.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2022 Sep 1;261(1):1-4. doi: 10.2460/javma.22.07.0286.

Feline Femoral Fracture Fixation: What are the options?
Roberts VJ, Meeson RL.
J Feline Med Surg. 2022 May;24(5):442-463. doi: 10.1177/1098612X221090391.

Moving beyond the limits of detection: the past, the present, and the future of diagnostic imaging in canine osteoarthritis
Jones GM,   Pitsillides AA,  Meeson RL                                                                                                                                                                   Front. Vet. Sci., 15 March 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.789898

Position Statement: Minimal criteria for reporting veterinary and animal medicine research for mesenchymal stromal/stem cells in orthopaedic applications.
Guest DJ, Dudhia J, Smith RK, Roberts SJ, Conzemius M, Innes JF, Fortier LA, Meeson RL                                                                                 Front. Vet. Sci., 07 March 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.817041

Computed Tomographic Features of Non-Lame French Bulldog Elbows.
Mella S, Dirrig H, Meeson RL.
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2022 Mar 11. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1744308. Online ahead of print.

CT characterisation and classification of feline temporomandibular joint trauma: a case series of 79 cats.
Mestrinho LA, Sebastião SS, Zwierucho MA, Lutchman A, Gaschen L, Goldschmidt S, Thatcher G, Izumisawa Y, Meeson RL.
J Feline Med Surg. 2022 Jan 31:1098612X211066654. doi: 10.1177/1098612X211066654.

Management of Proximal Metaphyseal Curvilinear Tibial Fractures in skeletally immature dogs: 25 cases (2009-2020)
Winter J, Meeson RL, Egan P, Langley-Hobbs SJ, Belch A
J Small Anim Pract. 2022 Feb 9. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13487.

Management and long-term outcome of acetabular fractures in dogs: A retrospective study of 49 dogs
Roberts V, Parsons K, Sajik D, Meeson RL  
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2021 Sep;34(5):352-358. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1729625. Epub 2021 Jun 8.

Traumatic physeal fractures in cats; a review of 36 cases (2010-2020)
Rubinos C, Meeson RL
J Feline Med Surg. 2021 Apr 13:1098612X211005886. doi: 10.1177/1098612X211005886. Online ahead of print.

Defining a safe corridor for trans-iliac pin placement in cats.
Garcia-Pertierra S, Meeson RL, Yeung B, Bedford G, Pead MJ.
Aust Vet J. 2021 Mar 12. doi: 10.1111/avj.13062. 

Establishment of Normal Mechanical Tibial Joint Angles in Dachshunds.
Banks C, Meeson R, Kulendra E, Carwardine D, Mielke B, Pead M, Phillips H, Phillips A.
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2021 Jan 31. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1722336. 
 
Traumatic joint luxations in cats: Reduce, repair, replace, remove.
Meeson RL, Strickland R.
J Feline Med Surg. 2021 Jan;23(1):17-32. doi: 10.1177/1098612X20979508.

Computed Tomographic Measurement of Trochlear Depth in Three Breeds of Brachycephalic Dog.
Matchwick A, Bridges JP, Mielke B, Pead MJ, Phillips A, Meeson RL.
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2021 Mar;34(2):124-129. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1719165.

Isolated Articular Fractures of the Canine Talus: Diagnosis and Signalment in Fourteen Dogs.
Carbonell Buj E, Burton N, Mosley JR, Meeson RL, Major A, Whitelock RG, Parsons K, Langley-Hobbs SJ.
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2020 Oct 14. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1716419.

Risk Factors for Osteoarthritis in Dogs: A Systematic Review. 
Anderson K, Zulch H, O’Neill D, Meeson RL, Collins L. 
Front. Vet. Sci. 7, 220 (2020).

Epidemiology and clinical management of elbow joint disease in dogs under primary veterinary care in the UK 
O’Neill D, Brodbelt D, R Hodge, Church D, Meeson RL 
Canine Genet Epidemiol 7, 1 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40575-020-0080-5

Multi-centre retrospective study of the long-term outcome following suspected traumatic elbow luxation in 37 cats 
H.Williams, I.Calvo, A.Gaines, S.Kalff, M. Farrell, D.Sajik, Kulendra N, R. Meeson, K.Parsons, E.Kulendra
J Small Anim Pract. 2020 Apr 29. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13143

Impact of breed on canine humeral condylar fracture configuration, surgical management and outcome.
Sanchez C, Philips A, Camilla P, D O’Neil, RL Meeson
Vet Surg. 2020 Apr 20. doi: 10.1111/vsu.13432

Spontaneous dog osteoarthritis - a One Medicine vision.
Meeson RL, Todhunter RJ, Blunn G, Nuki G, Pitsillides AA.
Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2019 Apr 5. doi: 10.1038/s41584-019-0202-1. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

Detection of Maturity and Ligament Injury Using Magic Angle Directional Imaging (MADI)
Karyn E Chappell, Djordje Brujic, Catherine Van Der Straeten, Richard Meeson, Wladyslaw Gedroyc, Donald McRobbie, Mihailo Ristic
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2019 

The in vitro behaviour of canine osteoblasts derived from different bone types
Meeson R, Perpétuo I; Parsons K; Orriss I; Shah M; Pitsillides A; Doube M
BMC Vet Res. 2019 Apr 11;15(1):114. doi: 10.1186/s12917-019-1857-1.

Repair of Y-T humeral condyle fractures with locking compression plate (LCP) fixation
Moffat F, Kulendra E, Meeson R
VCOT, 2019 

Feline head trauma: a CT analysis of skull fractures and their management in 75 cats.
Knight R, Meeson RL.
J Feline Med Surg. 2018 Dec 20:1098612X18819183. doi: 10.1177/1098612X18819183. 
PMID: 30571454

Spontaneous Septic Arthritis of Canine Elbows: Twenty-One Cases.
Mielke B, Comerford E, English K, Meeson R.
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2018 Nov;31(6):488-493. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1668108

Prevalence, duration and risk factors for appendicular osteoarthritis in a UK dog population under primary veterinary care.
Anderson, K L; O’Neill, D G; Brodbelt, D C; Church, D B; Meeson, R L; Sargan, D; Summers, J F; Zulch, H; Collins, L M.
Scientific Reports (Nature), 85641. 2018.  doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23940-z

Relationship between tibial conformation, cage size and advancement achieved in TTA procedure.
Meeson RL, Corah L, Conroy MC, Calvo I.
BMC Vet Res. 2018 Mar 20;14(1):104. doi: 10.1186/s12917-018-1433-0.

Postoperative Complications Associated with External Skeletal Fixators in Dogs
Beever L, Giles K, Meeson R.
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2018 Feb;31(2):137-143. doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1627477. 

Postoperative complications associated with external skeletal fixators in cats.
Beever L, Giles K, Meeson R.
J Feline Med Surg. 2017 Jul;19(7):727-736. doi: 10.1177/1098612X17699466.

Making internal fixation work with limited bone stock. 
Meeson R. 
In Practice. 2017 Feb 20:inp-j595.

Combined physeal fractures of the distal radius and ulna: complications associated with K-wire fixation and long-term prognosis in six cats.
Brioschi V, Langley-Hobbs SJ, Kerwin S, Meeson R, Radke H.
J Feline Med Surg. 2017 Aug;19(8):907-914. doi: 10.1177/1098612X16653644. 

The epidemiology of patellar luxation in dogs attending primary-care veterinary practices in England.
O'Neill DG, Meeson RL, Sheridan A, Church DB, Brodbelt DC.
Canine Genet Epidemiol. 2016 Jun 8;3:4. doi: 10.1186/s40575-016-0034-0. eCollection 2016.

Multi-centre retrospective study of long-term outcomes following traumatic elbow luxation in 37 dogs.
Sajik D, Meeson RL, Kulendra N, Jordan C, James D, Calvo I, Farrell M, Kulendra E.
J Small Anim Pract. 2016 Aug;57(8):422-8. doi: 10.1111/jsap.12499. Epub 2016 Jun 8.

Short and long-term outcome following surgical stabilization of tarsocrural instability in dogs.
Beever LJ, Kulendra ER, Meeson RL.
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2016;29(2):142-8. doi: 10.3415/VCOT-15-05-0083. 

Management and long-term outcome of pelvic fractures: a retrospective study of 43 cats.
Meeson RL, Geddes AT.
J Feline Med Surg. 2017 Jan;19(1):36-41. doi: 10.1177/1098612X15606958. Epub 2016 Jul 10.

Angiostrongylus vasorum Causing Severe Granulomatous Hepatitis with Concurrent Multiple Acquired PSS.
Cook S, Priestnall SL, Blake D, Meeson RL.
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2015 Sep-Oct;51(5):320-4. doi: 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-6210.

Epidemiology of Cranial Cruciate Ligament Disease Diagnosis in Dogs Attending Primary-Care Veterinary Practices in England.
Taylor-Brown FE, Meeson RL, Brodbelt DC, Church DB, McGreevy PD, Thomson PC, O'Neill DG.
Vet Surg. 2015 Aug;44(6):777-83. doi: 10.1111/vsu.12349. Epub 2015 Jun 29.

Clinical comparison of the hybrid dynamic compression plate and the castless plate for pancarpal arthrodesis in 219 dogs.
Bristow PC, Meeson RL, Thorne RM, Butterworth SJ, Rutherford S, Renwick AI, Wustefeld-Janssens B, Witte PG, Woods S, Parsons KJ, Keeley BJ, Owen MR, Li A, Arthurs GI.
Vet Surg. 2015 Jan;44(1):70-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2014.12183.x. Epub 2014 Apr 7.

A biomechanical evaluation of a Hybrid Dynamic Compression Plate and a CastLess Arthrodesis Plate for pancarpal arthrodesis in dogs.
Meeson RL, Goodship AE, Arthurs GI.
Vet Surg. 2012 Aug;41(6):738-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2012.00985.x. Epub 2012 May 29.

Management of pelvic trauma: neurological damage, urinary tract disruption and pelvic fractures.
Meeson R, Corr S.
J Feline Med Surg. 2011 May;13(5):347-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jfms.2011.03.011. Review.

Soft-tissue injuries associated with cast application for distal limb orthopaedic conditions. A retrospective study of sixty dogs and cats.
Meeson RL, Davidson C, Arthurs GI.
Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol. 2011;24(2):126-31. doi: 10.3415/VCOT-10-03-0033. Epub 2011 Jan 11.

Feline ilial fractures: a prospective study of dorsal plating and comparison with lateral plating.
Langley-Hobbs SJ, Meeson RL, Hamilton MH, Radke H, Lee K.
Vet Surg. 2009 Apr;38(3):334-42. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2009.00501.x.

Book Chapters:

Clinical Reasoning in Veterinary Practice: Problem Solved!, 2nd Edition
Jill E. Maddison (Editor), Holger A. Volk (Editor), David B. Church (Editor)
Chapter 14 Gait Abnormalities. Volk HA, Kulendra EK, Meeson RL
ISBN: 978-1-119-69820-3 April 2022

Peer reviewed Abstracts/conference papers:

 

Assessment of complications and outcomes following surgical management of Achilles tendon pathology in dogs
Sebastian Wylie Francesco Piana, Neil Burton, Luca Vezzoni, Alex Belch, Sarah Girling, Richard Meeson, Kevin Parsons, BSAVA Manchester 2024

Common calcaneal tendon repair in cats: outcome and complications associated with post-operative immobilization of tarso-crural joint methods. 
Rizkallal. C.