Survival and racing performance after surgical treatment of rib fractures in foals.

Autor: Velloso Álvarez A; University Cardenal Herrera CEU, Valencia, Spain., Sandow CB; Hagyard Medical Institute, Lexington, Kentucky, USA., Rodgerson DH; Hagyard Medical Institute, Lexington, Kentucky, USA., Spirito MA; Hagyard Medical Institute, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Veterinary surgery : VS [Vet Surg] 2022 Jan; Vol. 51 (1), pp. 62-67. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 06.
DOI: 10.1111/vsu.13701
Abstrakt: Objective: To evaluate the short and long-term outcomes of foals treated surgically for fractured ribs and variables that may affect outcome.
Study Design: Retrospective.
Animals: Seventy-three equine neonates with surgically repaired fractured ribs.
Methods: Medical records were reviewed to include sex, breed, the side of thorax affected, number of ribs fractured, co-morbidities directly associated with rib fracture, and surgical technique used. Short-term outcome was defined as survival to discharge. Long-term outcome was whether or not they started a race. Race records of maternal siblings were obtained for comparison.
Results: Seventy-three neonates underwent surgery for fractured ribs. Fifty-seven neonates (78%) survived to discharge from the hospital. Rib fractures were more commonly observed in colts and in the left hemithorax (61% and 57%, respectively). Sex, side affected, number of ribs fractured, co-morbidities, number of ribs repaired, and surgical technique did not affect the short- or long-term outcomes. Thirty-five of 57 (61%) foals treated surgically for rib fractures that survived to discharge started a race compared to 173 of 257 (67%) of maternal siblings that raced.
Conclusions: Short- and long-term outcome were not affected by co-morbidities, surgical technique, or number of fractured ribs.
Clinical Significance: Neonates with surgically repaired fractured ribs had a good prognosis for survival and and those that survived had a similar chances of starting a race compared to maternal siblings.
(© 2021 American College of Veterinary Surgeons.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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