Posted 2018-05-07 10:46 AM Subject: Dissolving a Bone Chip?
Veteran
Posts: 285 Location: Murphy NC
Has anyone ever heard of dissolving a bone chip with injections? Its a small chip, the vet thought it had been present for a while, not a new thing. I'll attach a picture of the Xray. He injected her with Hyvisc HA/kenalog/amikacin yesterday with the hope of dissolving it with injections over time. Has anyone had success with this treatment plan?
Posted 2018-05-07 1:41 PM Subject: RE: Dissolving a Bone Chip?
Expert
Posts: 1409 Location: Oklahoma
I am dealing with an ankle bone chip. that has to be surgurically removed but right now I have infection from a cut below the same ankle and have to wait 3 months before surgery bc want to make sure all the infection is gone. My vet said that sometimes the joint will grind up the chip and then you have to worry bout your cartilage tearing up and that is why you want to remove the chip asap. if the chip needs to be removed. May not be the exact words buy that what I got out of it. Good luck.
Posted 2018-05-07 4:47 PM Subject: RE: Dissolving a Bone Chip?
Brains Behind the Operation...
Posts: 4543 Location: Arizona
You might try emailing Dr. Elizabeth Collar (will attach a link to page with her email address), she has quite a bit of experience injecting bone chips and deciding which cases it works best for. http://mtequine.com/our-team/
Posted 2018-05-08 8:32 AM Subject: RE: Dissolving a Bone Chip?
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Posts: 889
I would recommend reading this information about Equi-Bone. It will not "cure" your problem but it will significantly help moving forward. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Posted 2018-05-08 8:54 AM Subject: RE: Dissolving a Bone Chip?
Veteran
Posts: 285 Location: Murphy NC
She was not obviously lame on it, but had slowed down significantly over the past year and her right hand barrels have began to get really choppy. When you slow the videos down you can see that when she's getting really choppy she's not actually using that front right leg in the turn except to balance, she gets choppy because she's not putting much weight on it. During the flexion part of the lameness exam she actually showed positive on the front left leg rather than the right one, and was out in the front left shoulder. I figured that's probably because she has been compensating and throwing the majority of her weight onto the left side during her turns....but she actually isn't swollen or lame on the right hand side at all. She has to be flexed to show any lameness at all, its not apparent without flexion.
Dissolving a Bone Chip?
