Equine Medicine & Surgery

Equine Surgery & Lameness

We provide diagnostic and therapeutic expertise in equine lameness and surgery.

Our capabilities include:

• In-depth lameness examinations:
  Our covered lameness examination area, exercise arena, and a high-speed treadmill allow us to thoroughly evaluate lameness and performance problems.
• Imaging including digital radiology, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, MRI evaluation of the lower limbs, and CT scans of lower limbs, neck, and head.
• Endoscopy:
  Endoscopy is a diagnostic tool that uses fiber optics to directly visualize areas of the body such as the upper airway and respiratory tract. This safe, non-surgical, minimally invasive approach may require sedation. Other surgical techniques that use the endoscope are arthroscopy (for visualizing joint disease and its repair), laparoscopy, and laser surgery.
• Laser surgery
  Lasers are used to remove skin masses, including sarcoids, melanomas, and other skin tumors; wound management; and upper airway surgery.
• Expertise in arthroscopic, orthopaedic, soft tissue, laparoscopic, and reconstructive surgery.
• In-house farrier services or consultation with your farrier to provide corrective shoeing support.
• Fracture repair:
  Our fracture repair capabilities include an ASIF locking plate system for fixation, floroscopic guided imaging, advanced rope recovery system, post-surgery pain management protocol, and farrier-assisted support limb laminitis prevention program.

Why Might My Horse Visit Surgery & Lameness?

We can provide treatment, diagnosis, and expertise in a wide array of surgical and lameness issues. The following are some common examples of why patients visit our service:

• Lameness (difficulty or inability to move) or painful movement
• Prepurchase examinations
• Poor performance/exercise intolerance
• Laminitis (disease of the hoof, acute or chronic)
• Shoeing assessment
• Fracture assessment and repair
• Cast application and removal
• Upper airway disease
• Reproductive surgery
• Wound assessment and repair
• Castration, including cryptorchid castration of non-decended testes, or ovarioectomy
• Soft tissue injury to the muscles or ligaments
• Dental extraction