OBJECTIVE: To describe the management and outcome of limb fractures in small domestic equids treated with a modified Thomas splint-cast combination (MTSCC).
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case series.
ANIMALS: Client owned horses and donkeys.
Traumatology
Category: Bone - Equine - Traumatology
OBJECTIVES: To describe the outcome, clinical findings, and complications associated with the use of the locking compression plate (LCP) for various types of ulnar fractures in horses.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case series.
SAMPLE POPULATION: Client owned horses (n = 18).
METHODS: Medical records, radiographs, and follow-up for horses having an ulnar fracture repaired using at least 1 LCP were reviewed. Fifteen of 18 horses had fractures of the ulna only, and 3 horses had fractures of the ulna and proximal radius.
Category: Equine - Internal Fixation - Traumatology
OBJECTIVE: To describe the management and outcome of limb fractures in small domestic equids treated with a modified Thomas splint-cast combination (MTSCC).
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case series.
ANIMALS: Client owned horses and donkeys.
METHODS: Medical records, including radiographs, were reviewed for details of animals diagnosed with a limb fracture and treated by external coaptation using a MTSCC (2001-2012). Follow-up >6 months after discharge was obtained via telephone consultation with owners or veterinarians.
Category: Equine - Traumatology
Journal: Equine Veterinary Journal
REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY: An in-depth review of dynamic compression plate (DCP) fixation of propagating medial condyle fractures of the third metacarpus or metatarsus has not been previously reported.
OBJECTIVES: To describe the technique, evaluate short-term outcome and long-term race performance of racehorses that underwent DCP fixation for repair of propagating or spiralling medial condylar fractures of the third metacarpal (McIII) or metatarsal (MtIII) bone.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective case series.
Category: Equine - Internal Fixation - Traumatology
Journal: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
To determine the association between ultrasonographic (US) and anatomopathologic findings, an US examination was performed postmortem on the fetlock and associated structures of 37 equine forelimb specimens. All these specimens exhibited images suggestive of lesions on the ultrasound examination. Subsequently, these limbs were dissected and underwent an anatomopathologic study.
Category: Anatomic study - Equine - Traumatology - Ultrasound
Journal: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Twelve tarsi from six horses humanely destroyed for reasons unrelated to the study were dissected and measurements of the calcaneal insertions of the superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) were acquired. The medial calcaneal insertions of the SDFT ranged in length and thickness from 4.0 to 5.4 cm and 0.3 to 0.5 cm, respectively, and the lateral calcaneal insertions ranged in length and width from 4.0 to 6.3 cm and 0.3 to 0.5 cm, respectively.
Category: Equine - Tendon - Traumatology
Journal: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
Objective—To determine the incidence and anatomic location of and potential risk factors for catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries (CMIs) in racing Quarter Horses.
Design—Retrospective matched case-control study.
Animals—67 racing Quarter Horse racehorses euthanized because of CMIs and 134 matched controls.
Category: Epidemiology - Equine - Traumatology
Journal: The Veterinary Journal
Distal limb wounds are frequent in horses after traumatic events. The use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) represents a simple method of treating wounds in equines. A case of a chronic severely contaminated distal limb wound in an 8-month-old foal is presented. The patient was managed with the combination of standard wound therapy (debridement and bandages), surgery, and PRP obtained by a manual tube protocol. No complications were observed with the PRP treatment, and the foal was fully recovered 2 months later.
Category: Case study - Equine - Traumatology
Journal: American Journal of Veterinary Research
Objective—To determine whether stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) concentrations in serum, plasma, and synovial fluid differed among untrained, race-trained, and osteochondral-injured Thoroughbred racehorses.
Animals—22 racehorses without osteochondral injury and 37 racehorses with osteochondral injury.
Category: Diagnosis - Equine - Traumatology
Journal: Veterinary Surgery
Objective
To compare in vitro strength and failure characteristics of a tendon implant against a 3 loop pulley suture pattern for equine superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) laceration repair.
Study Design
Experimental.
Study Population
Cadaveric equine forelimb SDFT (n = 16).
Methods
Category: Equine - Surgical technique - Tendon - Traumatology