Equestrian surgery
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Barbaro is a $60 million horse that ran in the 2006 Preakness and fractured three of the bones in his right ankle. He received equestrian surgery on May 21, one day after the incident.
The surgeon was Dr. Dean Robinson and he called Barbaro's injuries "life threatening."
In an attempt to save Barbaro, the surgeons used their equestrian surgery techniques through the insertion of metal implants to hold the fractures together and enable the horse to place weight on the injured leg as it heals.
This is a prime example of equestrian surgery.
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