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Foreword

I have tremendous respect and gratitude towards Drs Dycus and Ben‐Amotz for taking on the challenge of putting together this book as a vital resource for veterinarians who want to treat patients and educate clients in the most optimal and comprehensive way possible. While a book project is always daunting, it is relatively easy to write about “when things go right,” but extremely difficult to write about “when things go wrong” as the authors and editors have done for this valuable text. Speaking from experience, the latter is much more important, so I highly recommend that every veterinarian involved in preoperative, intraoperative, and/or postoperative care of dogs being treated for cranial cruciate ligament disease adds this book to their daily‐use library.

Acknowledging and understanding complications are the keys to avoiding them, and this all‐star line‐up of experienced authors communicates these keys in a comprehensive and transparent way that is refreshing and inspiring. Importantly, the editors and authors committed themselves to an evidence‐based approach to each and every chapter such that information provided is both reliable and pragmatic. Equally importantly, each chapter answers the question, “What do I do now?” so that readers are provided with decision‐making algorithms, tools, and techniques to address complications, both intraoperatively and postoperatively, and to know when and how to revise cases in order to rescue the outcome. This text is well written and well illustrated such that the knowledge provided is readily applied to “real‐life” clinical practice.

Again, I sincerely compliment the editors and the authors on their valuable effort, which has resulted in a rich resource for everyone involved in the care of dogs with cranial cruciate ligament disease. I hope that veterinarians of all experience levels will take advantage of this resource by taking it to heart and using the same evidence‐based approach put forth in this book in their delivery of care to patients and honest communication with clients.

James L. Cook, DVM, PhD William and Kathryn Allen Distinguished Chair of Orthopedic Surgery Director, Thompson Laboratory for Regenerative Orthopaedics University of Missouri