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[RC] Surgery for Hanging ligament in patella - Roger RittenhouseNO way not ever would I try a horse with this surgery. This is done when a horse locks the stifle. The quick fix is to cut the inside ligament.. to stop the locking.. HOWEVER as work is increased the stifle joint which is too straight to begin with.. will become unstable and eventually the horse will go very lame. REF my horse OMNI with his very straight stifles.. and DR Oscar Wilson in Cleveland TN - no way would he ever do this to an endurance horse.. a trail horse maybe but they will all go lame over time -- the stifle joint will fail. We did an internal blister of this ligament to fix the locking problem.. it works and he has many miles after 3 blisters. If he starts to lock the stifle again we will do another blister but no way would I ever cut the ligament. He has done a few good 50 mile rides since last year.. and a mess of LDs with no problems..I think the process works well. you asked for comments...:) Roger R From: rides2far@xxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Hey ya'll Just looked at a 4 year old that when he was 2 had the surgery to clip the little patellar (?) ligament that sometimes hangs on Arabians. (both sides) He doesn't seem bothered in the least. Lady was very forthright about the whole thing. Both his parents and several ancesters did distance riding and the owner is a CT judge. She said she's been told some horses who have it *may* be more prone to arthritis someday. She said the vets claimed he might lay down more than other horses because of it but that hadn't been the case. Other than that there's a lot to like about him except maybe some pretty dainty legs with small joints, granted, I like'em rugged but this guy's attitude was that of a *real* charmer and he'd had a good start in life in education and environment. Anybody wants to give me plus or minus opinions have at it. Pictures available if you want to critique. :-) We're starting to shop pretty heavily and it's such a challenge to weigh the plusses & minuses. ============================================================ If people would just think of the hoof as the foundation for the horse like a house foundation. when your horse plants his foot down in the ground and pushes forward if the foot isn't 100% balanced your chances of injury go up. ~ Paula Blair ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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