28/11/2025
๐ค ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฌ๐น & ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐น๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ค
Dexter is due in on Monday to have surgery with us for a TPLO so he needed his pre-op bloods๐ฉธ
...Charlie came along for moral support ๐ฉต
TPLO, or Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy, is a surgical procedure for dogs with a torn cranial cruciate ligament. Instead of repairing the ligament, the surgery changes the knee's biomechanics by cutting and rotating the top part of the tibia (shinbone) to a more level angle. A metal plate and screws are then used to hold the bone in its new position, stabilizing the joint and eliminating the need for the damaged ligament โ๏ธ
Benefits of a TPLO:
Faster recovery process โ๏ธ
Pain reduction โ๏ธ
Stablization โ๏ธ
Reliability โ๏ธ