34th Annual Scientific Meeting proceedings

Summary
A review of the current understanding of suspensory structure and function, the incidence and nature of suspensory injury and the evidence for conventional treatments.

The importance of suspensory injury in elite sport horses

The ‘Special’ nature of horses suitable for surgical treatment of chronic suspensory disease

Acute injury, failure of adaptation or chronic degeneration?

Types of non responsive injury:

• Insertional desmopathy

• Articular and non articular boarder splits

• Core lesions

• Peri-ligamentous fibrosis

Discussion of potential window of opportunity to manage chronic suspensory disease

Review of previously reported surgical treatments

Discussion of imaging modalities

A description of the surgical procedures I use

Description of additional regenerative treatments

A description of management strategies

Case series statistics and outcomes

Summary of recommendations