A Thoroughbred racehorse with a unicortical palmar lateral condylar fracture returned to training 14 days after surgery: a hypothesis on the role of a single bone screw on crack propagation
| Autor: | Holly R Brown, Noah D. Cohen, John G. Peloso, Will Clay Werner, John J. Mecholsky, James B Vogler |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Equine business.industry 020209 energy Horse Fracture mechanics crack propagation 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Note Condyle Surgery Bone screws Recovery period Lameness fracture 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Fracture (geology) Medicine Metacarpus 0210 nano-technology business MRI |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Equine Science |
| ISSN: | 1347-7501 1340-3516 |
| Popis: | A 2-year-old Thoroughbred racehorse had LF lameness that began post high-speed exercise and persisted for two days before the horse once again became sound. Diagnostic analgesia localized the lameness to the LF distal metacarpus, and a standing MRI identified a unicortical condylar fracture. A single 5.5 mm cortical screw was placed in lag fashion. The horse began hand walking at 14 days, racetrack jogging at 30 days, and racing at 5 months after the day of surgery. Placement of a single lag screw ahead of the tip of the crack in unicortical condylar fracture may be useful for reducing the recovery period for horses returning to training and racing. |
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