When did my horse have a stifle arthroscopy?
My horse had a bilateral stifle arthroscopy in 2010. Before he went in they thought he had a meniscal tear from the way it was presenting and werent able to see anything on scans etc. when they went in they found OCD (he was 9) and werent able to do much other than a tidy up in the bad one and a quick look at the second.
How many horses returned to use after stifle surgery?
Kind of sadly, only 32 of the 82 horses—approximately 39%—returned to their intended use after surgery. For what it’s worth, that’s pretty much the same thing that another study of 44 horses, done in 2009, found. In that study, only 13 of 44 horses (37%) returned to their previous level of performance after stifle surgery.
What are the articulations of the equine stifle?
Kyla F. Ortved, in Equine Surgery (Fifth Edition), 2019 The equine stifle consists of two articulations: the femoropatellar joint (FP) and the femorotibial joint.
When do you need surgery for a stifle?
It’s a big joint and it’s an important joint. Sometimes when something wrong can be found in one or more of the three joints that make up the equine stifle, surgery may be recommended, for example, for treatment of conditions such as osteochondrosis (OCD) or tears of the meniscus.
What are the results of stifle surgery on horses?
In that study, only 13 of 44 horses (37%) returned to their previous level of performance after stifle surgery. Still, even though the overall results weren’t that great, the investigators did find a number of factors that were associated with poorer outcomes.
Where is the stifle joint in a horse?
The stifle joint is, of course, in the horse’s hind leg. It’s analogous to the human knee joint. However, the horse’s stifle is quite a bit different from the human knee. For example, the stifle “joint” is actually made up of three separate joints.
It’s a big joint and it’s an important joint. Sometimes when something wrong can be found in one or more of the three joints that make up the equine stifle, surgery may be recommended, for example, for treatment of conditions such as osteochondrosis (OCD) or tears of the meniscus.
Why do horses get needles stuck in their stifles?
The stifle seems to have also become the subject of a lot more attention than in years past. Whereas previously, stifles never got much attention unless there was an obvious problem, now, at least in certain circles, there a lot of horses that get needles stuck into their stifle joints with somewhat alarming regularity. But I digress.