Keratomas

4faults

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Does anyone have experience with keratomas? Did your horse recover well from the surgery? How long did it take?

My boy has recently returned from hospital after having 2 removed from one hoof (which I’m told is exceedingly rare, lucky me) and the holes in his foot are daunting to say the least 😳
 

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Yes, there was a dressage horse on Facebook that had a huge one removed, and the FB page followed the progress. There were photos and everything. I can't remember which page it was, but someone here might.

I only saw it when it was 75% recovered. When I saw the earlier photos I was astonished that it ever healed up, let alone so well and quickly.
 

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My cousins mare had a large one surgically removed at about 18yrs old, surgically shod for a fair while after (maybe a year or more) to support the area, it's was high and fairly big.
She did get reoccurring seedy toe after for almost 2 yrs I think, but she is fine now.
 
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