CASE STUDY OF THE WEEK: “May” the Chihuahua with a Luxating Patella
From Surgery to Rehab - May’s Journey to Fix Her Knee May is a 3-year-old spayed, female Chihuahua mix. She had surgery at our hospital this past November for a luxating patella (sliding kneecap). While this is a common issue in small dogs (they can be born with it), this was not the case with May. She had normal knees until she had an accident while playing with another dog....
Post-Op CCL observations from the front line
There’s something I’ve noticed with post-op cruciate dogs. Regardless of the surgery type, if there has been a hiccup in their recovery (prolonged swelling, inadequate pain management, concurrent or late-stage meniscal tear, infection near the plate, broken screw, or so on), those dogs tend to have perpetual issues. What kind of issues? What I’ve noted time and again is that in cases of non-linear healing, those dogs will often have...