Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] Sewing a Sheath Shut?

Heidi:

The difference between what they do to a pregnant woman who has an 
incompetent cervix is that the put a couple of stitches into the cervix.  A 
Caslicks is stitching the vulva closed, and is used to keep the vaginal 
tract reasonably clean in mares who have infection problems.  But on the 
race track they think that the mares are disctracted by it.  I don't know 
what kind of draft they get back there, maybe it works more like a wind 
spoiler on a race car :-)

Carolyn Burgess

<<<While I think this procedure (called a Caslicks repair) is way overdone 
in the racing world (it is done on runners as well), it is a useful surgery 
in mares who are having difficulty carrying foals due to repeated fecal 
contamination of their vaginal tract, which in turn irritates the cervix and 
can cause uterine infections.   A similar procedure is also done on women in 
late pregnancy who have histories of miscarriage and are at risk again.>>>


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