PSD op nerve neurectomy and fasciotomy storys please

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hi my mare has just been diagnosed with PSD after a long 5 months of vets saying there's nothing wrong with her!it inboth hind legs right is worse
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we are going for the op as she has already had like a say 5 months rest!

op is taking place within 10 days so would love to hear any good or bad storys would be of help?

thanks kelly
 
Sorry can't help with op advice but just wanted to offer huge hugs{{{}}}. My mare is going through the same and is currently on week 6 of 8 weeks box rest. She is due to be re examined in 2 weeks with a view to going for surgery. Will be interested to hear others stories too.
 
Alee has done both hinds she is only 4 and was only in very very light work
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She has had 3 shockwaves and will be reassessed a week on Monday. If still lame they will re nerve block and if she comes sound they will operate. If the nerve block does not make her 100% sound then the op will not be successfull so I will be looking into giving her a good amount of time off to see if that helps. It all seems very negative and neither my vet or the vet at the RVC are very optimistic.
 
My horse has had both hinds operated at different times and I'm so pleased I did it both times. Straightforward procedure, 2 months box rest with walking, then back to normal. He had the RH done in Feb and was back out eventing and going really well in August.
 
My horse also has had both hinds operated on and he is back in work, very sound and will event again in the spring! Great success.
 
My 6 year old mare (now 7) had PSD in her left hind. I tried four lots of shock wave treatment with quite a lot of success but the problem I faced was the left hind ligament healed ever so slightly (and I do mean very minimal) thicker than her right in one area which was causing her a little discomfort and the worry was if she should tweak it again it was already resting in the channel
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Therefore, we opted for the operation before my insurance year was up. The operation was really straight forwards, she was up and about very quickly and I went up to see her two days later
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I picked her up the following week when all her staples had been removed and was instructed to do a bandage change twice before starting her walking in hand
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Grace had the operation in March (20th to be exact) and she was back out in the field and I could start her trot work at the beginning of May. I have been slowly increasing her work load and would say she is now fit and in full work. We have had a small setback in that she has some tension in the sacrilioac, but apparently this is quite common and we are hoping the cortisone injection she had yesterday will sort things out once and for all.

She should be back out competing dressage in the next few weeks once her back settles down, but she is very sound in her hind legs and looking fantastic too
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We do not have a good suspensory ligament story. Too bad to operate. Done a lot of reading over the last two weeks! Op succesful in seventy percent of cases. Rest alone will not do it. Shockwave treatment. Stem cell treatment. Op may take horse back to full work, may only return to light hacking. It's a long haul you're in for, but fingers crossed for a succesful outcome. Hugs.
 
Thanks MissM... I know the sacroiliac issues were not there before as she trotted perfectly on the lunge previously so it looks as though the way she has been using herself following this (hers was an acute injury therefore she did not have a huge amount of time with it before we started treatment) and coming back into work is what has triggered it off
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thanks guys just hope we have a good story!
not thinking positive at the moment just gutted.

mrsmozart sorry it wasnt a good story hugs
 
Thank you Twinkle. Everything crossed that your's is better than mine. We used a McTimmony practioner (Emma Punt) to help ease Tiggy's discomfort - the pain and tightness made her hip wonky (pelvis dropped on the right by a good few inches). Maybe your babe would benefit? I asked the vet first and she said go for it, in our case it wouldn't do any harm and would make the Tigs more comfortable. Maybe keep off soft ground conditions as well, as this seems to be a contributing factor (the extra stretch down when sinking into deep mud/bedding/menage?).
 
thanks mrsmozart

have a mc timmony back lady see her , think amber is her best costumer as her pelvis has gone quiet a few times whilst trying to diagnose her!

would think most of there pelvis's go actually should probly be added as a sign of psd amoungst the other things.
 
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