I am also interested in anyone's feedback on surgery for the medial patellar
ligament. My horse Warpaint has been laid up for the last six weeks recovering
from a stifle injury. We suspect the medial patellar ligament got caught and
caused the lameness. He has been steadily improving but still shows some
soreness walking down hills. I am going to take him to UC Davis to see if
having this surgery could prevent him getting this stifle injury again.
I have heard that this is not considered major surgery and the horse goes back
to work fairly soon. Jackie Bumgardner's horse Sierra Fadrazal had this surgery
several years ago (mid 80's) and she said it helped him. I heard only positives
about this surgery. I'd like to hear the negatives if any exist. I believe
there was some discussion on this list a couple of months ago about this topic,
so I'll take a look in the archives as well.
Thanks for any info.
Judy Long
judy.long@centigram.com or
longj@centigram.com