Tendon Lesions and Stem cell

karenkarenn · Postby **karenkarenn** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:10 pm

Hello
Has anyone had a horse wether its racing or not that had a tendon Lesion?
And
Has anyone ever used Stem cell work on their horses before?
I heard that it was common.
Karen

bcassidy · Postby **bcassidy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:00 pm

I have not had one of mine use the stem cell treatment but I know of many that have used a similar type of treatment and it has been very successful. I recommend it strongly. The one treatment I have heard good things about costs $1,600.00 per treatment and is very similar to stem cell injections, in that the Vet draws some fluid from the animal--- roughly 10cc and then gives you back 4 (2cc) shots to be injected back into the targeted area. It has been phenomonal.

Jenny · Postby **Jenny** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:09 pm

Funny enough, I just got off the phone with the vet at London Equine Hospital discussing the exact same thing. He said the newest thing is P.R.P (platelet rich plasma) which is injected right into the lesion during an ultrasound, it is an outpatient procedure and it is only $450.00 That is also in Canadian funds, and it has excellent results in healing the lesion. The other thing to consider as well is the fact that the tendon always heals tighter and a re-occurance is common, so he recommended to cut the upper check ligaments as well. We have had that done before and they never re-bowed.

karenkarenn · Postby **karenkarenn** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:14 pm

very interesting... VERY Interesting.

jellac · Postby **jellac** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:04 pm

I asked one of Texas' top lameness vets about stem cell therapy for one of my horses and he said something pretty interesting - said he wouldn't recommend it for the problem she was indicating in her hocks as while stem cells seemed to work pretty good in general on foreleg issues it didn't seem to work so well or at all on issues of the hind legs - didn't know why, but that was the annecdotal observation of several vets/researchers he'd visited with on the subject plus his own observation. That was also two years ago and several advancements have been made since then.

zinn21 · Postby **zinn21** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:41 pm

I had done with a slight tendon tear and opted to go the shockwave therapy route. He came back 100%. Just lost him the other day to Maggie Moss at Prairie Meadows.

karenkarenn · Postby **karenkarenn** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:22 pm

Zinn
What is shock wave therapy?
Karen

dray33 · Postby **dray33** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:23 pm

Aquasizer too.

zinn21 · Postby **zinn21** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:46 am

Karen here's a link that with shock wave info.

http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/dvm/Ve ... ail/162182