Sandara Park: Re: Orthodogs ACL and CCL? Collin

I have known a lot of folks with unsuccessful results from TPLO. I would always go for the less invasive route if it's not a genetic thing. My girl injured her knee, I was there and I know what happened, so I suspected it was not genetic. Both her knees were sound the rest of her life. She was still running agility until 2 weeks before cancer took her at 11 years of age.

You have to take a lot into account when making your decision. I would still stick to traditional first as you can always do the other surgery. If you go TPLO and it doesn't work, you are screwed.

Jane in FL mailto:jtutton_99@yahoo.com

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