A Complete Introduction to Safety-Focused TPLO

You’re experienced in bone plating, and you’ve treated your share of cruciate ligament ruptures with Extracapsular suture stabilization. You’re wondering … are you ready for TPLO?  … does it make sense for your patients who won’t/can’t accept a referral?  There’s only one way to find out … come learn about the concepts, fundamentals and techniques of the TPLO. TPLO is a proven technique to treat the diseased cranial cruciate ligament in dogs of all sizes.  TPLO stabilizes the stifle dynamically by eliminating cranial tibial thrust during weight-bearing. In this specially designed introductory course, you’ll learn the rationale for TPLO and the fundamentals of the TPLO technique.  You will perform stifle arthrotomy, meniscal treatment and TPLO using plastic bone models and cadaveric specimens. After this course, let us help you decide what “next steps” make sense for you and your practice.

Instructors

Dr. Ross H. Palmer

Dr. Barbro Filliquist

Dr. Susan Schaefer

Dr. Courtney Campbell

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We’re excited to see you on campus soon! The online content below will make sure you have the best experience possible when you get to CSU!

Please complete the pre-course survey, and the online pre-course material before you attend the in-person session.

Please plan to bring a laptop or tablet to the course. Though we will be using the OssAbility preoperative planning service, it may be helpful for you to download a free 30-day trial of vPop-Pro (this is an affordable, cloud-based radiographic planning app available as a monthly subscription) — https://vpop-pro.com. You can use this trial to better understand the concepts of TPLO Planning, TPA measurement, etc. You will note a vPop Pro instructional demo in the Helpful Supplemental Info section.

There are also helpful video demonstrations and additional reading. As the session dates approach we will add presentation notes for the in-person and online content that you will be able to refer back to in the future.

Once you’ve completed the in-person session, make sure to finish the course by marking yourself complete in the “In-Person Completion” section, and taking the post-course survey.

Pre-Course Agenda

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to…

  • Describe the basic indications & contra-indications for TPLO  
  • Explain the rationale of the TPLO procedure
  • Distinguish cranial- from caudal-cruciate ligament rupture
  • Properly position a patient for TPLO planning radiographs
  • Properly execute a TPLO using an adjustable surgical guide by following a patient-specific, operative plan provided by a commercial Decision Support team
  • Identify and manage common meniscal injuries  
  • Properly execute a written patient-specific postop care plan