title: Questioning the evidence while keeping an open mind.
abstract: What was billed as 'the largest gathering of veterinary orthopaedic experts and practitioners in the world' took place last month in London, when the European Society of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology held its 18th congress. Organised as a joint meeting with the British Veterinary Orthopaedic Association, the congress programme featured multiple streams of lectures and presentations, as well as specific streams for students and new graduates and veterinary nurses. Suzanne Jarvis reports on some of the proceedings.