Joint Pain Relief For Pets
Total hip replacement in dogs: Effective surgical treatment for hip dysplasia
Hip dysplasia is very common painful disorder that affects many breeds of dogs. Genetic causes are main reason behind this disease. Abnormal development of hip joints in puppies due to genetic problems latter results as hip dysplasia.
Hip dysplasia is a painful and discomfort situation that affects hip joints of dogs. You can give different medications available in market for joint pain relief in dogs. In some severe situations you can provide surgical help to your dogs. Different types of surgeries are available for treatment of hip dysplasia.
Total hip replacement in dogs is one of the best surgical tips that can be provided to hip dysplasia affected dogs. But total hip replacement surgery is not suited for all candidates. This is a major surgery that depends on clinical signs, radiographs and physical examination finding.
Total hip replacement in dogs cannot be performed in:
- Dogs under age of 10 months
- Successful medical therapy
- Any chronic infections of skin or bladder
- Dogs infected with bone cancer
- Dogs suffering from any disease that risks blood clots
- Neurological disease significance
Total hip replacement surgery in dogs is a major surgical operation that needs great care and precautions before and after surgery. Dogs who are selected candidate for this surgery must be thoroughly bathed and dried before surgery. Radiographs, urine test and blood test are normal things before selecting a candidate for total hip replacement surgery.
Your dogs will need pain control medication and anesthesia during the operation. In operation process femur ball will removed and plastic cup is cemented over there. Operation includes reaming out of socket and cleaning out of morrow cavity. Empty place of femur bone will replaced with cobalt-chrome femoral. Total hip replacement in dogs is done with the help of Bio Medtrix hip prosthesis. Total hip replacement surgery corrects bone positions to minimize hip dysplasia pain.
After total hip replacement surgery in dogs:
- Dogs need great care and precautions
- Dogs need pain control medications and antibiotics to minimize any further disorder
- Bandage at incision must be cleaned and dry to minimize infections
- Hind limbs must be supported with sling; a bath towel can be used under belly as a sling
- Dogs require regular check up, examinations and radiographs after surgery
Complications after total hip replacement in dogs:
Any surgery is not free from the complications. Alike any other surgical treatment total hip replacement has also many complications. Though complicated cases are unusual but it seems. Sometimes in very rare cases this surgery can results as death. This complication usually occurs due to anesthesia but modern medical devices are able to control this complication.
Another unusual complication includes infection. This is a serious complication and in this situation bacteria can enter at cemented bone area. This requires reoperation process. One more unusual and temporary complication is sciatic nerve damage.
Sometimes bone cement or implanted cement may loosen from the exact position. In another situation femoral prosthesis may dislocate from acetabular cup. Both complications can be correct only by surgery. But both complications can be avoided by controlling excess physical activities of dogs.
Total hip replacement in dogs is an effective treatment option for hip dysplasia in dogs. But it requires complete care and precaution before during and after surgery. Any dog candidate must be selected carefully for surgical treatment because all dogs are not eligible for this operation. And even after surgery you should control your dogs for detail physical activity less than two months of surgery.
