Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Pregnant miniature horse treated for hip luxation and patella locking
By Ludwig, Elsa K & Byron, Christopher R·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2017·Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, United States·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Femoral head ostectomy and medial patellar ligament desmotomy to treat a pregnant miniature horse with coxofemoral joint luxation and upward fixation of the patella.
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Plain-English summary
A 2-year-old miniature horse mare, who was 8 weeks pregnant, was brought in because she couldn't put weight on her left leg due to a dislocated hip joint. The veterinarian performed a surgery called femoral head ostectomy to fix the issue. Remarkably, the surgery did not harm her pregnancy, and 23 months later, she showed only minimal lameness.
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Abstract
A 2-year-old, 8-weeks pregnant, non-weight bearing miniature horse mare was treated for a 6-day-old left coxofemoral joint luxation with a femoral head ostectomy. The procedure had no negative effects on pregnancy or parturition and 23 months following surgery the horse had minimal lameness.
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