Suspensory ligament injuries in horses can affect the animal’s future athletic ability. In order to understand why and how injuries occur, it is helpful to be familiar with the structures involved.

Veterinarians and farriers apply a wide variety of horseshoes to treat the plethora of hoof problems that come our horses’ way, not to mention issues farther up the limb. Injuries to the suspensory ...

Equine imaging plays a pivotal role in the modern assessment and management of musculoskeletal disorders, with particular emphasis on the suspensory ligament – a structure integral to limb function ...

Research led by Frank Lau, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has found that long-term breast reduction outcomes can be improved by using ...

Neurectomy of the deep branch of the lateral plantar nerve resulted in a "profound" atrophy of the muscular portion of the proximal suspensory ligament reports researchers in the Equine Veterinary ...

Suspensory ligament injuries can run the gamut from career ending to a positive prognosis with prescribed rehabilitation. Recently, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been put to use on suspensory ...

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