#but VERY unhelpful when you're trying to make a decision for a dog that is not showing severe clinical signs of PL | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

fjordfolk · 1 year

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like would it kill ppl to do comparative studies on dogs with patellar luxation with and without surgical intervention over a (postoperative) period of more than 12 weeks

#i know about the 1992 one and the uppsala quality of life one #but for the most part #PL surgery result studies generally go like this:#'98% of dogs that had been lame were no longer lame immediately following rehab'#which is fantastic and exactly what you want when your dog is acutely suffering from PL #but VERY unhelpful when you're trying to make a decision for a dog that is not showing severe clinical signs of PL #not our dogs btw #friend of family

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