Sandara Park: Re: Orthodogs ACL and CCL? Collin

I would agree. I have had experience with TTA and TPLO

Surgeons have their own preference but they are very similar. Personally TTA has been less expensive with quicker recovery and equally good results. My dogs were large Italian mastiffs and the surgery took with no problems each time.

On Jun 15, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Tanya Yahoo tanya22333@yahoo.com [orthodogs] <orthodogs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Wanted to chime in.
There is another procedure - the TTA. The recovery is a little faster then the TPLO and they do bear more weight on it faster. The TTA has a lower complication rate and less painful convalescence. I also like that the TTA implant is made out of titanium My mother's dog was a big Rottweiler and we opted for the TTA. She never blew the other knee and is doing great 5 years later.
Fish line should be reserved for smaller dogs or medium non active dogs. Like maybe a geriatric medium bread who really isn't doing much. I have seen too many fishline procedures blow on dogs that really were not good candidates to begin with. So two surgeries, two bills and two recoveries. I firmly believe in going straight to the TTA or TPLO.
I work in veterinary medicine in management , however we do not do any of the three procedures. We send all out to the orthopedic surgeons.

Tanya

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On Jun 15, 2020, at 10:42 AM, Elice Sturdivant elicesturdivant@yahoo.com [orthodogs] <orthodogs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Yes he was. His entire litter was seized from the owners and most of them died from parvo. He was so pitiful when he got here. Now he is a big galoot.

On Friday, June 12, 2020, 05:53:47 PM EDT, Melissa Shelly melissa.shelly@gmail.com [orthodogs] <orthodogs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I think the TPLOs are mote successful than the fishing line repair.. My dog had TPLOs on both legs and has done pretty well. He also had elbow surgery at a very young age for fragmented coronoid process. All these surgeries, in my opinion, were a result of pediatric neutering which appears to predispose animals to orthopedic injuries. Was your dog a rescue???

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On Jun 12, 2020, at 5:16 PM, 'Eileen L.' dogstareml@gmail.com [orthodogs] <orthodogs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Yes, my cattle dog did it when she was 6 years old.. First the "fishline", then then TPLO, 6 months later. The TPLO was successful; she was running again like her old self, and you never knew she'd had two surgeries on that knee. When she tore the opposite leg 6 months after that, we went right for the TPLO.

Eileen in Wisconsin

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 3:12 PM Elice Sturdivant elicesturdivant@yahoo...com [orthodogs] <orthodogs@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hello,

Looking for some group input here, thanks in advance. Collin is a 7..5 84lb pit. At 6 months old, he was diagnosed with hip displasia and the vet recommended that we wait on any corrective surgery until he finished growing. THEN he tore the ACL in that knee and we decided it would not be prudent to wait. I can't remember the order that we had the surgeries, but ultimately we had a femoral head ostectomy and then the ACL repair (I think the lateral suture???)

Fast forward to December 2019- He tore the CCL in the same knee. He goes in for TPLO surgery in 2 weeks. I can't remember ever hearing about dog blowing out both tendons in the same leg. Does anyone have any experience with this? I would love to hear your input.

Thanks!
Elice Sturdivant and Collin