Molly's TPLO Surgery
Molly is a very active 72 pound Golden Retriever. She
loves to chase the ball, walks up to 5 miles a day and plays in the
creek behind her families' home daily when she can. Although
Molly recovered well from her first knee surgery she did develop
some arthritis in her knee over the next few years that left her a
bit stiff when she gets up.
When Molly ruptured the ACL on her opposite leg, her family
chose to have the TPLO done to get a faster recovery and
hopefully a near perfect long-term outcome. Molly
did well with her surgery, and went home the next day walking 70%
on her leg and by her 4 weeks recheck was walking normally on her
leg. She was restricted to leash walking and slow physical
therapy until 9 weeks post-op when the bone had fully
healed. Today she enjoys all the activites she did before her
injury and arthrtis has not developed in her TPLO knee.
