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Alaskan Klee Kai stage 3 luxating patella: Is surgery common?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Alaskan Klee Kai | Male | neutered | 6 years and 3 months old | 26 lbs

Luxiating Patella surgery for my Alaskan Klee Kai, Toy Husky stage 3

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Answered By Emily, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on June 7th, 2017

I'm not sure what you're asking. This is a common surgery and could help prevent ligament tears within the knee joint. It does have up to a 12 week time frame for complete recovery and most dogs do very well. If this didn't address your specific concerns please repost or consider submitting a consult request so more question/answer format can be done.

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