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Six million dollar dog.
I hope they can apply something like this to humans some day and have it be effective.
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Trying to find more information, ran across this on a vet site:
http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dortho.html#Prosthetic%20limbs%20for%20dogs
Prosthetic limbs for dogs
Q: Our son just had to have his four year old Bernese Mountain dogs rear leg amputated because of Cancer. He has heard that there is a prothetist available for dogs. We do not know where to get information about this and hope that you can help us. Any information you can give us will be very much appreciated. Thank you
A: I am not aware of a company making prosthetic limbs for dogs. I do have a book that deals with severe orthopedic problems at the office and I will check on this for you there. If I find anything, I’ll write again.
There is a surgery which is called “limb sparing” in which the cancerous portion of the bone is removed and replaced with a graft. This allows wide removal of cancerous bone without the loss of the limb. It is pretty expensive and only done at one or two institutions, as far as I know. I am not sure if this is what you were hearing about.
Most dogs do pretty well on three legs without the need for a prosthesis. I hope that your son’s dog will be OK, too.
Mike Richards, DVM
Prosthetic limbs for dogs, part 2
Staff response: Sonja just showed us the April issue of Dog Fancy magazine. An article by Solveig Fredrickson talks about the artificial leg Kuma the Akita is now wearing. The leg was made by Hal Moore of Oregon Orthopedic. The exact address is not given but Dog Fancy can be reached at www.petchannel.com.
This advancement in medical science should give us all paws, er, pause.
The first thought on Storm’s mind after he got his metallic paw, “Where is the cat?”
