vallin
Well-Known Member
My horse is undergoing treatment for suspensory damage (has just has a bilateral neurectomy) and arthritis in both hocks (will be having corticosteroid injections into hocks and sacro iliac and will be treating with tildren) so I thought I would post some of her scan images as I thought they were interesting so thought some of you lot might to 
Full album is here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=31595&id=1678350003
Xrays
Clear spine:
Right Hock from outside-Showing greater arthritic changes in the 'shock absorber' joints, note less clear distinction between plates
Right Hock from inside-Showing greater arthritic changes in the 'shock absorber' joints, note less clear distinction between plates and also dark patches where the body is trying to combat the arthritis by eating away at the bone.
Right hock from front-again note lack of ditinction between plates and the dark patches
Left Hock from outside-Showing slight arthritic changes in the 'shock absorber' joints
Right Sacro Iliac
Left Sacro Iliac
Ultrasound of left hock-the part with lots of lines is the tandon and thedark lines are bad
Right Hock:
Bone scans
Hind quaters-dark region around the sacrolilac shows higher levels of metabolic activity-this is bad
Rib cage from above (I *think* the dark area is the heart)
Lower hind leg
Hocks-again you can see the really dark patch on the right hind and the less distinct dark on the left
Pelvis/Sacro iliac-there is damage here from she had been compensating
Full album is here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=31595&id=1678350003
Xrays
Clear spine:
Right Hock from outside-Showing greater arthritic changes in the 'shock absorber' joints, note less clear distinction between plates
Right Hock from inside-Showing greater arthritic changes in the 'shock absorber' joints, note less clear distinction between plates and also dark patches where the body is trying to combat the arthritis by eating away at the bone.
Right hock from front-again note lack of ditinction between plates and the dark patches
Left Hock from outside-Showing slight arthritic changes in the 'shock absorber' joints
Right Sacro Iliac
Left Sacro Iliac
Ultrasound of left hock-the part with lots of lines is the tandon and thedark lines are bad
Right Hock:
Bone scans
Hind quaters-dark region around the sacrolilac shows higher levels of metabolic activity-this is bad
Rib cage from above (I *think* the dark area is the heart)
Lower hind leg
Hocks-again you can see the really dark patch on the right hind and the less distinct dark on the left
Pelvis/Sacro iliac-there is damage here from she had been compensating
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