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Originally Posted by kalina82  Listen to TLC, she gives excellent advise on LP surgery IMO. I work for orthopedic surgeon's and i would also definitely recommend the surgery for a grade 3 LP. things can only get worse from here without surgery. If you go to a board certified orthopedic surgeon the surgery itself is a simple process if there are no further complications. I've seen HUNDREDS of knee surgeries where i work and 90% of the patients have an excellent recovery. The 10% that don't have an excellent recover are usually because the owner did not follow the discharge instructions and they let their dog do whatever it wanted, thus ruining the surgical repair. If you decide to get the surgery done, and you follow all the recovery instructions there is no reason why your yorkie shouldn't have an excellent recovery (unless there are complication specific to your dog) |
TLC has been very helpful in answering all my questions (thanks again TLC). Kalina82, since you work for an ortho specialist and have seen so many LP surgeries have you ever seen a dog have this surgery done who isn't showing any symptoms? As I stated earlier it's so hard for me to say yes to surgery because if you see him you would never know he has knee problems. Just today I came back from the pet store with treats and once he smelled them he jumped so high he reached my waist and didn't cry out in pain.