Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Horse with bladder stone treated with shock wave therapy
By Koenig, J et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·1999·Department of Clinical Studies, Canada·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Ballistic shock wave lithotripsy in an 18-year-old thoroughbred gelding.
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Plain-English summary
A 18-year-old thoroughbred gelding had a large bladder stone that measured 8 centimeters. Instead of traditional surgery, veterinarians used a special treatment called ballistic shock wave lithotripsy to break up the stone, which helped avoid a long recovery time. They also flushed out the remaining sand-like material while the horse was standing and under epidural anesthesia. The horse recovered well without any complications.
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Abstract
Prolonged postoperative recuperation time and restricted exercise were circumvented by using ballistic shock wave lithotripsy to break up an 8-cm diameter vesical calculus and by flushing out the sand-like residue under epidural anesthesia with the horse standing. Recovery was uneventful.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10086219/