Before and After TPLO Surgery: Dog Health and Recovery Timeline – Discovering that your dog may need surgery can be alarming for many reasons, especially a surgery like TPLO. If your dog has a torn cranial cruciate ligament (CCL), having surgery is often the best route to getting your dog back to walking, running, and playing again without pain. TPLO (Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy) is one of the most common and successful orthopedic surgeries performed on dogs. Knowing what will happen during TPL0 surgery preparation and post-operatively will help make the experience easier for both the owner and the patient.
Step by step, we will unwrap the experience, so you have a good sense of what to expect and how you can be instrumental in your dog’s healing process.
