Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy

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TPLO, or tibial plateau leveling osteotomy, is a surgery performed on dogs to stabilize the stifle joint after ruptures of the cranial cruciate ligament. Normally, the CCL prevents backward-forward movement of the joint. When it tears, the joint becomes unstable, and the dog is subject to rapidly progressing arthiritis in the stifle, or knee.

In a TPLO procedure, the tibial plateau, the portion of the tibia adjoining the stifle, is cut and rotated so that its slope changes to approximately 5 degrees from the horizontal plane [1]. This prevents the femur from sliding down the slope of the plateau. Thus surgery generally results in faster recovery times compared to other procedures to stabilize the knee.

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  1. ^ Slocum B, and TD Slocum. 1993. Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy for repair of cranial cruciate ligament rupture in the canine. Vet Clin North America Sm Anim Pract 23(4):777-95
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