{"id":1338,"date":"2011-03-07T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2022-04-07T10:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T18:12:15","slug":"tplo-complications-in-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/tplo-complications-in-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tplo Complications in Dogs &#8211; Hammer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/020-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1339\" title=\"020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/020-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/020-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/020.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My Schutzhund competition dog had tplo surgery 6 months ago. His recovery was very slow. I did plenty of low impact therapy from month one, then put him back on Rimadyl when the surgeon advised that he should be able do everything he did prior to surgery. After some hard training work, he developed a large swelling over the joint, and a small fistula began to drain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Well, the surgery was done up north, and now I am 1200 miles away, so I need to have another surgeon remove the plate and screws. I have not yet got a price, but will post tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am resigned that my dog can no longer do the work to compete in the sport. Had I know the outcome, I would have opted for extra capsular repair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think twice about Tplo. When it works, I hear good things, but when it goes bad&#8230;&#8230;it goes very, very bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Schutzhund competition dog had tplo surgery 6 months ago. His recovery was very slow. I did plenty of low impact therapy from month one, then put him back on Rimadyl when the surgeon advised that he should be able do everything he did prior to surgery. After some hard training work, he developed a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/tplo-complications-in-dogs\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,90,9],"tags":[50,158,77],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tplo Complications in Dogs, Failure Rate of TPLO Surgery<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read about one owner&#039;s experience with TPLO surgery and complications in a Schutzhund competition dog named Hammer.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/tplo-complications-in-dogs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mandie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/tplo-complications-in-dogs\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/tplo-complications-in-dogs\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Mandie\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dogkneeinjury.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f34d31f6169ceb41add3e91194d18833\"},\"headline\":\"Tplo Complications in Dogs &#8211; 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