Procedure guides

Specialist veterinary procedures

Plain-language guides to the orthopedic procedures we match for. What each procedure is, when it's indicated, what recovery looks like — and the specialist clinics that perform it.

TPLO (Tibial Plateau Leveling Osteotomy)

The gold-standard surgical repair for cranial cruciate ligament rupture in dogs.

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Total Hip Replacement (THR) for dogs

Replaces a painful, dysplastic, or arthritic hip joint with an artificial implant — restoring near-normal function.

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Luxating Patella surgery

Surgical correction of a kneecap that slips out of its groove — most common in small and toy breeds.

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