Vets usually recommend operating ASAP to prevent long-term damage and ease the pain — the sooner, the better. This surgery is known as tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) surgery for dogs.

TPLO is the most common orthopedic surgery procedure performed on dogs in the United States. Dogs undergoing TPLO and other orthopedic procedures are often subjected to activity restriction, and ...

The 2-year-old dog fully tore his ACL and went through a TPLO surgery at BluePearl Vet Clinic in Boston, Mackenzie said.

"The results from this peer-reviewed study on the impact that Fortetropin has on recovery in dogs following TPLO surgery are very impressive," commented Sherman O. Canapp, Jr., DVM, MS, CCRT ...