Re: Canine knee surgery Was: Open Message to Dental Practitioners who frequent SMD

From: StovePipe (StovesNewAddy_at_sympatico.DOTnet)
Date: 12/04/04 

Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 12:58:48 -0500

Roy Brown <roybrown@sympatico.caNADA> wrote:

> "StovePipe" wrote ...
>
> |
> | That reminds me: how is Molly's operated knee?
> | Cheers
> | SP
>
> Thanks for asking.
'S cool... I had been wondering for a while.

>It took 3 series of staples and sutures (the last being some
> fancy thread work) to finally get the incision to close.

Ha.... IIRC, you had said that there was only one of the two surgical
vets who could sow worth a damn and he wasn't the one who did the
surgury, and so the threadwork must have been $$$$.

>(2 courses of ABx) She
> is increasing load bearing on the limb, muscular atrophy is noticeable. Gave a
> scare a couple of weeks back, got excited when someone came, and her rear end
> collapsed. Limped much worse for a few days.

Maybe a bit of muscle tear. I would imagine those same leg muscles are
solicited in just about every movement a four legged would make.
>
> We started physio, short walks on a very short leash. 2 weeks to go before
> post op x-rays to check on bone healing and plate/screw status. 4 weeks to
> go before normal joint function should start appearing. And if all goes
> well, 10 weeks till she can be outside off leash.
>
Ha!.... I bet she'll escape your constraints long before that.... She
ain't a stoopid canine.

> I found a good site that explains it all.
> http://www.vetsurgerycentral.com/tplo.htm
> The site is from a place a few miles from SM. Got to hand it to those Michigan
> Health care professionals!
Yeah... those USAians are anything but apathetic. Thanks for the site.
The kids like it. They've been asking questions.
>
> --
> Roy

Cheers
SP 

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