Dr. Dan Kelly stitches up the leg of Abbie after drilling through the dog’s femur and tibia to replace her anterior cruciate ligament with a suture of heavy plastic line at Stonecliff Animal Clinic in Lebanon, N.H., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Kelly said he remembers doing early versions of this surgery with the heaviest gauge fishing line he could find as opposed to today’s custom-made line with a pre-attached needle. He was also an early adopter of tibial plateau leveling osteotomy, a procedure that reduces strain on the ACL by cutting the head of the shin bone and reattaching it in a way that reduces stress on the ligament. “As we get more able to do things, it becomes more and more expensive,” said Kelly of a problem with medical advances. (Valley News – James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Dr. Dan Kelly stitches up the leg of Abbie after drilling through the dog’s femur and tibia to replace her anterior cruciate ligament with a suture of heavy plastic line at Stonecliff Animal Clinic in Lebanon, N.H., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Kelly said he remembers doing early versions of this surgery with the heaviest gauge fishing line he could find as opposed to today’s custom-made line with a pre-attached needle. He was also an early adopter of tibial plateau leveling osteotomy, a procedure that reduces strain on the ACL by cutting the head of the shin bone and reattaching it in a way that reduces stress on the ligament. “As we get more able to do things, it becomes more and more expensive,” said Kelly of a problem with medical advances. (Valley News – James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
