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Location: Mountains of VA | Wondering if anyone has had arthoscopic surgery done on their horse for a bone spur? Is this even an option for horses??
Any experiences or info would be appreciated.
Or how about shockwave therapy for bone spurs??
Edited by hotpaints 2015-06-22 12:59 PM
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| Depends on where it is and if the surgeon can even get to it. Sometimes it may never bother the horse. |
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Location: Mountains of VA | Bump, surely someone has had experience in dealing with bone spurs. |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | I would love to know too. My rodeo horse has a large spur inside her coffin joint. It's been being maintained with injections every 9 weeks and Prevocox but that's starting not to work as good. |
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| It all depends on what joint, or where the spur is.
I had a horse with nasty hooks on his hocks, we fused his hocks via surgical laser and burned the spurs off, they never came back and he fused beautifully.
I had a mare who had a un calcified spur in her coffin joint we caught it early enough so we used tildren and the body re absorbed the spur.
Problem going into a joint with a bone spur is they have to cut the joint capsule which will cause inflammation, scar tissue, and long term arthritis due to the inflammation.
If it is on the outside of the joint, you have a better shot at getting it, but again the inflammation can cause long term effects such as arthritis, you will need to weight the pros and cons |
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Location: Mountains of VA | cheryl makofka - 2015-06-24 6:23 PM It all depends on what joint, or where the spur is. I had a horse with nasty hooks on his hocks, we fused his hocks via surgical laser and burned the spurs off, they never came back and he fused beautifully. I had a mare who had a un calcified spur in her coffin joint we caught it early enough so we used tildren and the body re absorbed the spur. Problem going into a joint with a bone spur is they have to cut the joint capsule which will cause inflammation, scar tissue, and long term arthritis due to the inflammation. If it is on the outside of the joint, you have a better shot at getting it, but again the inflammation can cause long term effects such as arthritis, you will need to weight the pros and cons
For those spurs inside a joint, wonder if Shock Wave Therapy would work? |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | Anyone ever dealt with a bone spur in the lower knee joint? |
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| soonergirl98 - 2015-06-25 11:44 AM
Anyone ever dealt with a bone spur in the lower knee joint?
No but the lower knee joint I believe you can fuse without loosing much range of motion |
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| cheryl makofka - 2015-06-25 5:17 PM
soonergirl98 - 2015-06-25 11:44 AM
Anyone ever dealt with a bone spur in the lower knee joint?
No but the lower knee joint I believe you can fuse without loosing much range of motion
I too have a question on a bone spur on the knee. Anyone experienced this? Options? One vet said surgery isn't necessary and another says they can do it. |
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| I have dealt with bone spurs on several barrel horses. I feed them Equine Regen and Vitalize High Performance. I also treat with a laser and PEMF therapy. Just had one.owner take horse for x-ray and the spur is getting smaller. You need to simplify the feed program also. Oats and alfalfa pellets. Timothy hay if you can get it. |
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