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Learn which health, anatomy, activity, and knee-instability factors may influence TPLO candidacy, plus alternatives to discuss during an orthopedic evaluation.

Prepare for TPLO recovery with practical guidance on confinement, safe flooring, medications, incision care, controlled exercise, rehabilitation, and preventing setbacks.

Learn which early TPLO recovery changes may be expected and which incision, implant, medication, or lameness concerns should prompt a call to the surgical team.

Understand how meniscal tears occur with canine CCL disease, possible signs, how the meniscus is evaluated, and how damaged tissue may be treated during surgery.

Understand which consultation, imaging, anesthesia, implant, hospital, medication, recheck, radiograph, and rehabilitation items may be included in a TPLO estimate.

Learn how fractures in dogs and cats are stabilized, imaged, and repaired, plus what to expect from hospital care, activity restriction, rechecks, and recovery.

Learn how OCD affects developing joints in dogs, which symptoms to watch for, how imaging confirms a lesion, and when surgical treatment may be considered.

Learn why some dogs develop CCL disease in the opposite knee, warning signs to watch for, and how weight, conditioning, arthritis care, and early evaluation ...

Learn the signs and grades of patellar luxation in dogs, how kneecap instability is diagnosed, and when monitoring or surgery may be considered.

Learn the signs of partial and complete CCL tears in dogs, how veterinarians diagnose knee instability, and when surgical or nonsurgical treatment may be considered.