TPLO Flashcards
Peress
Bilateral Simultaneous vs Staged TPLO
VCOT 2021
Complications 2-3 x more in all categories for simultaneous
Overal complications rate
~SIM 48% (TT fx 2%)
~ST 20%
Zuckerman
Fibular osteotomy to facilitate proximal tibial rotation during TPLO
VetSurg 2018
62 fold greater with tibiofibular synostosis
7.8 fold greater with greater fibular width
2 plates limited loss of TPA
Mehrkens
Factors associated with early tibial tuberosity fx after TPLO
VetSurg 2018
1% cases fractured
Associated with fracture
~Antirotation pin distal to the insertion of the patellar ligament
~Tuberosity narrowest below the insertion of the patellar ligament
~Placment of multiple pins distal to the patellar ligament
~Bilateral TPLO
Not associated with fracture
~Protation past “safe point”
~Presence of gap
