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TPLO is a surgery that is performed on dogs if their cranial cruciate ligament has ruptured. The surgery helps stabilize the dogs stifle joint, and the surgery is similar to humans having an ACL repaired.

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Join the yahoo group "Conservative Management" to learn how many small AND LARGE DOGS made complete recoveries from torn ACLs without having the TPLO surgery. You can see videos of dogs who have made recoveries without TPLO surgery at www.youtube.com by doing a search for Conservative Management. Also get a copy of the Feb. 2010 edition of "Whole Dog Journal" which has an excellent article on Conservative management including success cases.If you are seeking support concerning complications with Tibial plateau leveling osteotomies, there is a support group at Yahoogroups.com called TPLO gone wrong.


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