Fusion Implants

We are on the look out for our next team member, please share with all your contacts.

Support Technician

▪️Location: Liverpool, Office based with some travel possible
▪️5 days per week
▪️Hours: 10am-3pm (flexible and possibility of extending to full time)
Occasionally may require some pre-agreed later nights for when courses are running

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive and organised Support Technician to join our team. This is a varied hands-on role supporting our logistics, and training operations. The successful candidate will play a key part in ensuring stock, equipment, and customer orders are processed efficiently while helping maintain our loan kit and support our external training and courses.

A veterinary background would be advantageous, but not essential, as the role involves supporting the veterinary industry and handling veterinary equipment.

Key Responsibilities

Order Fulfilment & Logistics
▪️Pick, pack, and dispatch customer orders.
▪️Scan and process orders for shipment.
▪️Support order management through our database system.
▪️Assist with orders received outside of the website platform.

Stock Management
▪️Accept and organise new stock shipments
▪️Maintain accurate stock records and inventory levels
▪️Keep stock room clean, tidy and efficiently ran

Loan Kit Management
▪️Clean, maintain, and prepare loan kits for customer use.
▪️Ensure all kits are complete, functional, and ready for dispatch.

Training & Course Support
▪️Assist with the preparation of training courses
▪️Assist in ensuring equipment is organised
▪️Assist in pre-course printing materials
▪️Help clean and re-organise after courses
▪️Support with setting up and closing down of courses (may be outside of the 9-5pm office hours)

Conferences
▪️Assist with the preparation for conferences.
▪️Assist in checking the stand is ready for shipping or travel
▪️Assist in pre-conference printing materials
▪️Assist in packing and organising for course dry-labs

About You
▪️Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
▪️Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and managing multiple tasks.
▪️Strong teamwork and communication skills.
▪️Practical, hands-on approach to work.
▪️Experience in order fulfilment, stock control, or logistics is desirable.
▪️Veterinary industry experience or a veterinary background would be an advantage.
▪️Competent with basic computer systems and databases.

What We Offer
▪️A varied role within a growing team.
▪️Flexibility: Open to discuss hours.
▪️Salary: Dependent on experience and open to discussion.
▪️A collaborative and supportive working environment.

Email [email protected] to apply
Closing date: Friday 25th September.

A great informative post from Alasdair Renwick in Australia.

Alasdair notes that compared with the UK and other regions, spaniel breeds—which are classically predisposed to humeral intracondylar fissure (HIF)—are less common in Australia. As a result, clinicians may encounter HIF less frequently, making it less likely to be included in the initial differential diagnosis, particularly in non-spaniel breeds.

Alasdair notes 'In Australia we have less spaniel breeds than some other locations, therefore sometimes we overlook the possibility of a humeral intracondylar fissure (HIF) as a cause of lameness.'

This HIF presentation was in a 5-year-old, 40 kg German Shepherd.

Following 4 months of persistent forelimb lameness and unsuccessful treatment for presumed shoulder disease, CT identified a large humeral intracondylar fissure (HIF).

Stabilisation was achieved using a large HISS implant combined with an ulnar osteotomy. At 8 weeks post-operatively, osteotomy healing was progressing well and lameness had almost completely resolved.

Great work team.

The Ramus Anatomical Plate (RAP) system was developed through detailed analysis of CT scans of feline mandibles, resulting in six anatomically contoured, compression plates designed to match the variability of caudal mandibular anatomy.

➡️ Plate profile based on CT analysis of 32 cats so that plate require no or minimal contouring.

➡️Pre-contoured plate profile facilitates accurate fracture reduction resulting in the re-establishment of normal occlusion and jaw function.

➡️Screw holes positioned to maximise the use of the best bone purchase at the leading edge of the ramus and the ventral cortex of the body of the mandible.

➡️Low profile 1.5mm Ti6Al4V Alloy screws used to avoid soft tissue impingement

Need Patient-Specific Custom Guides?

Fusion Implants offers patient-specific guide solutions for:

Humeral Intracondylar Fissure (HIF)
Spinal surgery
Angular Limb Deformity (ALD)
Arthrodesis

Each guide system is designed by biomedical engineers and independently reviewed by specialist veterinary surgeons to support accurate surgical planning and reproducible implant placement.

Every order includes:

CT-based in silico surgical planning images
A sterilisable patient-specific bone model
Duplicate surgical guides for preoperative planning, practice and rehearsal

Explore our patient-specific guide solutions:

https://www.fusionimplants.com/products/?categories=custom-guides

We have lots of exiting things happening in Liverpool - and the biggest is the 2027 Fusion Surgical Summit.

We hope that you can join us for some of the courses and make sure you pop it in the calendar.

We have lots of discounts, including multi-course discounts, early bird and group bookings - so please book via emailing so we can apply the relevant discounts via invoicing.

Monday 14 June 2027 – Decompressive Spinal Surgery (2 Days)

Monday 14 June 2027 – Instrumented Spinal Surgery (2 Days)

Wednesday 16 June 2027 – Ramus Anatomical Plate (RAP) (1 Day)

Wednesday 16 June 2027 – Feline Pelvic Trauma (1 Day)

Thursday 17 June 2027 – Advanced Humeral Condyle (2 Days)

Thursday 17 June 2027 – TPLO (2 Days )

Precision Matters: CT-Based, Patient-Specific Guides for Humeral Intracondylar Fissures

Successful management of Humeral Intracondylar Fissures (HIF) begins with accurate diagnosis and surgical planning. Evidence reinforces what many surgeons already recognise in clinical practice: radiography has important limitations when diagnosing HIF.

A 2025 study by Sprocatti et al. evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of radiographs compared with CT in dogs with suspected HIF.

The study included 76 elbows (81 radiographs), of which CT confirmed 37 fissures and 44 normal elbows.

Key findings included:

Sensitivity: 47.7%
Specificity: 85.6%
Positive predictive value: 75.5%
Negative predictive value: 66.1%

These findings demonstrate that, even when interpreted by experienced observers, radiography failed to identify more than half of confirmed fissures. CT therefore remains the diagnostic imaging modality of choice for both confirming HIF and planning surgical stabilisation.

From CT Imaging to Surgical Precision

CT imaging not only improves diagnostic accuracy but also provides the foundation for patient-specific, 3D-printed drilling guides.

Using each patient's CT dataset, our guides are designed to facilitate accurate placement of transcondylar implants.

Key features include:

• Patient-specific design generated directly from CT imaging
• Precise targeting of the transcondylar corridor
• A cranial stabilising stilt to improve guide stability without additional soft tissue retraction
• Designed by biomedical engineers and validated by specialist orthopaedic surgeons

The guides can be used for placement of standard transcondylar screws, HISS implants or HIRS implants.

Each Guide Package Includes

✔ CT-based virtual surgical planning with implant positioning and screw maps
✔ A sterilisable patient-specific bone model for surgical planning and rehearsal
✔ Duplicate patient-specific drilling guides, allowing pre-operative practice before the clinical procedure

Clinical Perspective

Accurate diagnosis is fundamental to successful treatment. While radiography remains an important initial imaging modality, current evidence demonstrates that it cannot reliably exclude or confirm HIF. CT imaging, combined with patient-specific surgical planning and 3D-printed instrumentation, enables precise approach to stabilisation of these challenging cases.

📖 Learn more about our HIF patient-specific guides:

https://www.fusionimplants.com/product/hif/

https://www.fusionimplants.com/product-information/custom-guides/hif-guide-overview-page/

Reference
Sprocatti M, Solano MA, Volckaert V, Danielski A. Diagnostic accuracy of radiographs for the diagnosis of humeral intracondylar fissure in dogs. J Small Anim Pract. 2025;66(1):20-24. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39243156/

To all our US Colleagues going to ACVS Congress!

➡️ Open to all veterinarians

➡️7th October 8am-5pm

➡️REGISTER BY 13th AUGUST!

Delivered via a combination of didactic lectures, case-discussions and dry-lab practicals, this course provides theoretical and practical training in humeral condylar fissures and fractures in dogs.

Humeral Intracondylar Fissure (HIF) is most commonly recognised in spaniel breeds, where it is generally considered to represent a stress fracture. However, it is also encountered in a range of other breeds, including Labrador Retrievers and several large and giant breeds, as well as with notable frequency in French Bulldogs.

While many cases are believed to result from repetitive stress, evidence suggests that some fissures may have a different aetiopathogenesis, potentially reflecting a disorder of endochondral ossification, as originally hypothesised. A variety of treatment strategies have been described, including stabilisation using different implant systems and proximal ulnar osteotomy.

Humeral condylar fractures frequently occur secondary to HIF, although they may also present as traumatic injuries in juvenile dogs.

The lecture component of this course reviews the current literature, explores the different clinical presentations of HIF and humeral condylar fractures, and examines how signalment and presumed aetiopathogenesis influence diagnosis and treatment planning.

During the practical sessions, delegates will gain hands-on experience using 3D-printed, patient-specific drilling guides alongside the Humeral Intracondylar Repair System (HIRS) for the management of HIF. They will also learn techniques for applying breed-specific anatomical bone plates to fractures involving the lateral and medial humeral condyle. Case-based discussions throughout the course allow delegates to integrate the evidence with practical decision-making and apply their learning to real clinical cases.

Learning Objectives

➡️Thorough knowledge of current understanding of the aetiopathogenesis of HIF and condylar fractures.

➡️Thorough knowledge of treatment options for HIF, including their relative success and complication rates.

➡️Thorough knowledge of the surgical options and techniques for treating humeral condylar fractures, and their relative indications and limitations.

➡️Practical experience of using 3D-printed, patient-specific drilling guides.

➡️Practical experience of applying the humeral intracondylar repair system.

➡️Practical experience of applying anatomic bone plates for distal humeral fractures.

➡️Refined clinical decision-making skills for HIF and humeral condylar fractures.

ECVS 2026, taking part on our home turf in Liverpool. It was impossible not to do something with friends and colleagues.
Great night, with even better company.

Our TPLO Plates are larger than life!