Hi Cindy,
Yuck...not the kind of X-Mas present you want to wake up to...
The best resource I know of...and one that several surgeons refer people
to...is Laurie Bryce's website, http://www.lauriebryce.com/tplo/
It was done and maintained by a Berner owner, right in MA as a matter of fact
and
torn cruciate ligament!
Major bummer. My ~1 year old Berner, Paws, has been diagnosed with a
partially torn cruciate ligament on his left hind leg :
Cindy-
My Berner girl, Toga, suffered a partial tear of her left ACL in
February of 2001 at the age of 3 1/2. It was a very minor tear and
wasn't diagnosed until May (everyone thought her mildly dysplastic hip
was bothering her). She had a TPLO (tibial plateau leveling osteotomy)
the first week
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