Equestrian
Surgeries
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Horse Issues & Solutions
Surgical Procedures Offered
Arthroscopy
(including small joints such as coffin and pastern and “rare” procedures such as shoulder, elbow, caudal carpus etc.)
Tenoscopy
(endoscopic surgery of tendon sheaths) with the digital flexor tendon sheath (DFTS) or fetlock canal being the most common, followed by carpal canal, navicular bursoscopy, tarsal sheath, bicipital bursa, gastrocnemius bursa and nuchal bursa
Upper Airway Surgery
including tie backs under standing sedation or general anesthesia, tie forwards, tracheotomies, permanent tracheostomies, epiglottis entrapment (using scissors or laser), salpingopharyngeal fistulation, guttural pouch surgeries and sinus surgery
Laparoscopy
Laparoscopy for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Most commonly this affects the urogenital tract (overiectomy, laparoscopic crypt castration), bladder stone, inguinal and ventral hernioplasty, nephrosplenic space closure, inguinal hernia closure in foals and adults and bladder surgeries
Arthrodesis
fusing painful and irreversible arthritis cases or fractures including the joint surfaces can (sometimes with athletic prognosis) be salvaged by fusing joints. My experience includes high volume pastern arthrodesis, hock (spavin) fusion, partial and pan carpal arthrodesis, shoulder arthrodesis and a few coffin joint fusions
Wobbler surgery
the fusion of vertebral bodies can be needed for dynamic or static compression of the spinal cord. This sometimes is caused by destabilizing fractures included in the subsequent fusion needed. Over the past 13 years, I have enjoyed the opportunity to scrub in with Dr. Grant on occasion using the ventral Kerff-Cut implant. Personally, I prefer plate fixation and have successfully performed single and double level fusions for numerous reasons
Fracture repair
equine long bone fractures generally carry a frightening reputation. Modern emergency management/ stabilization, advanced implant technology and surgical experience can give some patients realistic hope. I have successfully treated numerous long bone fractures including radius and tibial fractures, cannon bone fractures, P1 and P2 fractures, carpal and tarsal fractures over the years and a small amount of humerus and femoral fractures (mainly Salter-Harris type fractures in young and growing patients
Urogenital surgery
includes all aspects of the male and female urinary and reproductive organs. I have modified and reported on a castration method that allows return to athletic performance within 48 hours and more than halves any complications compared to the world literature and the next “best most” alternative technique. Urogenital surgery however includes procedures such as partial and complete penile amputation, repair of birthing accidents, stones, etc. all such procedures are part of the repertoire and experience