Equine Orthopaedics and Rheumatology Q&A 03
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A two-year-old Thoroughbred colt was off its food as a result of the problem illustrated in the image.
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| What is your diagnosis? | An open fracture of the rostral mandible caudal to the incisor teeth.
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| How does this condition develop? | Animals catch their lower jaw under a manger or through a ring on the stable wall. In their panic they pull back and avulse the lower jaw.
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| What treatment would you recommend, and what prognosis would you give? | The fracture can be reduced and stabilised on its oral (tension) side by means of wires placed around the incisors anchored either to the canines or to cortical screws placed in the diastemal region on each side. The prognosis is good.
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