Correction of growth deformities in growing and mature patients
using osteotomy / ostectomy techniques, bone plates, or external skeletal fixators.
Not exact matches
Studies suggest that if a UAP is detected early enough, an ulnar
osteotomy, which is the cutting of the ulna bone, can be
used to reduce stress and potentially allow the UAP to unite normally in a growing puppy.
Other less common surgical procedures
used to treat hip dysplasia include triple pelvic
osteotomy (TPO), juvenile pubic symphysiodesis, and DARthroplasty.
Triple Pelvic
Osteotomy (TPO): TPO is a procedure
used in young dogs usually less than 10 months of age that have radiographs that show severe hip laxity, but have not developed severe damage to the joints.
On the more advanced end of the spectrum, with the help of independent board - certified veterinary surgeons, we are able to perform cruciate ligament repair surgeries
using either TPO (Triple
Osteotomy Surgery) or TTA techniques, medial luxating patella repairs, and elbow repair surgeries.
Picasso had Tibial Plateau Leveling
Osteotomy (TPLO), which
uses a special bone plate and small screws to help create a new more secure and stable knee joint for Picasso.
Tibial plateau leveling
osteotomy (TPLO), a surgery we've successfully
used since 2004, is
used to stabilize knee joints that have suffered acute or chronic cranial crucial ligament injury.
The least expensive method of cranial cruciate ligament (or CrCL) repair is always going to be the extra capsular imbrication method, as it does not require the
use of any implants or an
osteotomy procedure, and you can expect to pay between $ 700 - $ 1100 to have a traditional repair done.
Then an
osteotomy (cutting of the bone) of the tibia and rotation of the bone, followed by stabilization
using a specially designed plate, is done.