Sandara Park: Re: Orthodogs ACL and CCL? Collin

My pit just had the tplo surgery a few weeks ago.. I had read that a torn cruciate tear is common with this breed. Because he has an autoimmune disease and food allergies, he's been on steroids for a long time so vet said we couldn't do the fishing procedure so we did the tplo. I've not heard of dogs reinjuring same leg but there's a 50% chance of getting a tear on the other leg. The meniscus may also tear. My rottie had to have a tplo, then had a meniscus tear, then a year later, she blew out her other knee. Sorry this didn't answer your question about injury to the same leg but I've never had that experience. Good luck!

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 1:12 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