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Post by Davey on Nov 6, 2022 7:35:26 GMT 10
Hi Tom, are you able to give any info on this please? My whippet has been lame for a while and occassionally vocally in pain whilst holding her left front leg out sideways. Saw our vet last night and he says the THL is slipping out of its socket. Got to keep her quiet and back to the vet in a months time to see how things are going.
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Post by Tom Meulman on Nov 6, 2022 15:16:45 GMT 10
Hi Davey,
That is a difficult injury to heal without surgery.
The Transverse Humeral Ligament is a narrow strip that holds the tendon of the biceps in place, and if it’s torn or severely damaged it allows the biceps tendon to jump out of the groove in the bone through which it slides when the front leg is moving.
Because it’s difficult to keep a dog quiet enough for it to heal correctly or quickly, surgery is usually the best option.
Unfortunately for best results if the dog is to be able to stand up to racing or strenuous exercise again, the surgery is best done within a couple of weeks of the injury occurring before unwanted scar tissue forms in the wrong place.
So as you can see it’s not a straight forward problem to overcome.
If the dog is simply going to be a pet that is mostly to be kept on the lead with a bit of free running every now and again, expensive surgery that is not guaranteed to completely fix the injury as good as new at this point in time, is difficult to justify, and all you can do is as the Vet has suggested, keep her as quiet as possible and reassess the situation in a months time.
Cheers,
Tom
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Post by Davey on Nov 6, 2022 21:31:13 GMT 10
Thanks Tom. Our vet did talk of a U shaped implant to help hold things in place that has to be made to measure, but it's been withdrawn from use as there have been dogs with ongoing complications as a result.
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