Caring for a Three Legged Dog or Cat
Tripawds is your home to learn how to care for a three legged dog or cat, with answers about dog leg amputation, and cat amputation recovery from many years of member experiences.
Join The Tripawds Community
Learn how to help three legged dogs and cats in the forums below. Browse and search as a guest or register for free and get full member benefits:
Instant post approval.
Private messages to members.
Subscribe to favorite topics.
Live Chat and much more!
Register
Log In
Members
Add Topic
Offline
Here's an interesting 2023 study from our friends at Colorado State University's Orthopedic Medicine and Mobility team:
Prospective evaluation of canine partial limb amputation with socket prostheses
Background
Canine prostheses have been commercially available for many years but are still in early stages of research, development, and clinical application.Objective
To prospectively investigate mid‐term clinical outcomes of partial limb amputation with a socket prosthesis (PLASP) in canine patients via a descriptive prospective clinical case series and to describe a clinical protocol for PLASP.Conclusions
Partial Limb Amputation with Socket Prostheses (PLASP) allowed restoration of quadrupedal gait patterns in most patients. Owners reported overall positive satisfaction, though a high complication rate was observed. PLASP should be considered in select cases as an alternative to total limb amputation for dogs with distal limb pathology.
Nicole said
If you do so, will your dog's gait be normal or will it limp?
Hi Nicole. Do you mean if your dog wears a prosthetic? If so, the goal of prosthetics is to minimize the abnormal gait that a Tripawd has, in order to encourage better body mechanics. A limp with a prosthetic is not a good sign that the device is a good fit for the dog. Why do you ask?
1 Guest(s)
