Success Story #1:

This is a 12 yr Quarter Horse gelding. He sustained an injury in the pasture and came in the barn 3-legged lame. Radiographs showed no fractures and there was a significant swelling around the hind right fetlock. Ultrasound showed a very large core lesion to the deep digital flexor tendon with multiple peripheral tears coursing from above the fetlock to below. This kind of injury frequently results in the loss of any athletic use in the horse and is notoriously difficult to treat. Options for treatment range from a year of stall rest to PRP to stem cells. The owner, in this case, elected bone marrow derived stem cells for treatment of the injury. Over several months, this horse received 3 injections of stem cells. 2 of the injections were directly in the lesion above and below the fetlock, using an ultrasound guided needle. The 3rd treatment was a regional limb perfusion of the cells in the distal limb. Here are ultrasound images of the tendon at the beginning of treatment and then after 6 months. At the time of the follow up ultrasound, the horse is sound at a trot with minimal effusion of the tendon sheath.