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Discussion on Check ligament surgery for upright heals
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jdunton
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 8, 2007 - 6:00 pm:
I have a 5 year old paint stud horse that has since I got him as a yearling grown too much heal on his back feet. My farrier has been working to get his heals down gradually. It has been a constant battle. His back feet are small and upright and one flares out to the outside. Just last year (his 4 year old year) he began to become unsound at times, bruising began to appear on the soles and on the outside hoof wall of one of his back feet. The wall grows taller on the outside also. I had him to the vet for x-rays and it was found that his coffin bone is pointing straight downward and there is some compromise to the tip of the coffin bone. The vet mentioned cutting the check ligament. Would doing this allow the coffin bone to eventually go back to it's correct position? Or is there some other treatment that could be done? And if it were done, would he be able to continue doing what we do, which is pleasure classes and also breeding? How long would he be out of commission?
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DrO
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Posted on Friday, Feb 9, 2007 - 6:06 pm:
Hello Joy,
A common cause of lameness in these cases is while trying to get the heels down the sole has been thinned excessively particularly at the toe.
Would it be possible to get some conformation pictures of this horse with some close ups of the feet? Pictures of the feet should be taken as lateral as possible, that is get as close to the ground as possible with the camera. Also posting the radiographs might be helpful.
DrO
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