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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / December 2006partial cruciate tear
what's the recommended treatment for a partial cruciate tear in a young, active dog? i have a 4 y/o spayed female pit bull, about 45 pounds, extremely active and athletic, who came up limping after running about two weeks ago. she was pretty lame at first, but the vet couldn't feel anything on palpation and said at most a very minor tear. rest and rimadyl saw her pretty much as good as new for about 5 days. she started limping again a week ago and has not stopped. i'm pretty sure she's not totally torn it- she doesn't seem lame enough for that. she goes in for xrays under sedation on thursday. i'm having a really hard time with waiting. if i'm looking at surgery, that's fine (well, not *fine*, but what's gotta be done has gotta be done.) but i just want the best thing for her long-term. at the same time, i don't want to drop a lot of money on unnecessary surgery. opinions? -- "you don't have to eat the entire turd to know that it's not a crab cake." (orson scott card) http://shattering.org x-no-archive: yes in headers If it needs repaired the please do so. I describe this as slamming your finger in a car door time and time again. When they tear there is no support and the bone hits bone every time they step it's very painful. With a proper repair from an orthopedic vet there is no reason to think she won't recover nicely. Barney had both his done over the years and he ran and played like normal. He had some arthritis and that's to be expected even with the surgery. But the arthritis they develop is nothing compared to the pain they are in if you don't get it fixed. Celeste > what's the recommended treatment for a partial cruciate tear in a > young, active dog? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > http://shattering.org > x-no-archive: yes in headers |
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