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11-26-2008, 04:17 PM | #1 |
Dainty Dawgs Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Reno
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| patellar luxation? One of my Mom's 8 week old yorkies was diagnosed with patellar luxation today and the Dr. said that surgery was needed right away. Does anyone have a yorkie with patellar luxation? If so what was the treatment...Is surgery alway done on a pup so young? |
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11-26-2008, 04:25 PM | #2 |
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| Please use the search feature, enter patellar luxation and LP. Use the advanced search. Search the forum sick and injured, and enter surgery in the main search and my user name in the user field search. There are too many threads to count that discuss this condition. My Gracie had bilateral knee surgery for LP. I posted a day-to-day accounting of what we went through. At this young age, I would caution against jumping into surgery. Many puppies will outgrow it. I would wait until the pup is 6 months to one year old, then get x-rays under sedation to find out how severe the problem really is. It does cause them pain every time the patella luxates, even though the dog may not look or act like it is in pain. This is a big surgery, nothing to be taken lightly. Here is one of my threads about Gracie.http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...-hospital.html It still brings tears to my eyes to read these posts I made!
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11-26-2008, 04:36 PM | #3 | |
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Unfortunately I did type in the word patellar luxation in the search first only I spelled it wrong and came up with nothing, so I came here because my mom is so upset about this little guy and I guess I wanted a quick answer. Thank you for your help. | |
11-26-2008, 04:36 PM | #4 |
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| Lily was around 8 months when she had her LP surgery
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11-26-2008, 04:40 PM | #5 |
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| There is a lot of information in this recent thread: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sic...new-forum.html |
11-26-2008, 05:12 PM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker | Our vet told us that Daisy had LP when she was small, but it wasn't severe enough to have surgery. I actually think it helped save her from a broken leg a while back. But, I haven't noticed any problems with it, she jumps on and off couches and our bed. |
11-26-2008, 06:23 PM | #7 |
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| I wouldn't even consider surgery at this age. I would suggest you get a second opinion.
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