Equine Orthopaedics and Rheumatology Q&A 10 - Revision history

Bara at 23:25, 3 August 2011

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Bara at 16:06, 1 August 2011

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Ggaitskell at 16:33, 3 June 2011

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Ggaitskell at 11:01, 27 May 2011

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|q1=What is your diagnosis?
|a1=A fracture of the distal part of one of the splint bones.
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|q2=Assuming that the injury is not associated with external trauma, how is it likely to have occurred?
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These fractures are thought to occur as a result of stresses placed on the splint bone by the adjacent suspensory ligament. 
It has been suggested that, during hard exercise, the suspensory ligament snaps back against the relatively fixed small metacarpal or metatarsal bones, causing the distal part of the bone to fracture.
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|q3=What associated structure may have been injured?
|a3= The adjacent suspensory ligament branch may have been sprained or even ruptured.
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|q4= If the horse has both problems, which is most likely to cause persistent lameness?
|a4= The splint bone fracture is unlikely to heal by bony union, but the fibrous union formed does not usually cause any problems. 
However an associated sprain of a branch of the suspensory ligament may well continue to cause lameness.
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 |q1=What lesion is present?
 |a1=Cartilage loss/erosion on the medial palmar aspect of the distal articular surface of the radial carpal bone.
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 |q2=What is the likely diagnosis?
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 |a3=The defect, which was confined to the medial aspect of the radial carpal bone, could be debrided. <br><br>
 In addition, the joint could be treated intra-articularly with hyaluronan or poly-sulphated glycosaminoglycan, supplemented with systemic therapy with these drugs and possibly non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents.
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+|l3=Degenerative Joint Disease#Treatment
 |q4= What is your prognosis?
 |a4= When osteoarthritis is present and appears to have occurred insidiously, the prognosis is guarded. <br>Even if the problem is resolved in the short term, the owner needs to be warned that the lameness could recur at any time, and on subsequent occasions it may be refractory to further treatment.
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 |q1=What lesion is present?
 |a1=Cartilage loss/erosion on the medial palmar aspect of the distal articular surface of the radial carpal bone.
-|l1=
+|l1=Equine Forelimb - Anatomy & Physiology#Structures of the Distal Forelimb
 |q2=What is the likely diagnosis?
 |a2=
 Osteoarthritis of the left mid-carpal joint.
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+|l2=Degenerative Joint Disease
 |q3=What would be the best approach to treating this horse?
 |a3=The defect, which was confined to the medial aspect of the radial carpal bone, could be debrided. <br><br>