Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Horse limping due to tendon infection - surgery helped
By Booth, T M et al.·Published in The Veterinary record·2000·Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences and Animal Husbandry, United Kingdom·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Resection of the common digital extensor tendon in a gelding.
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- horse
Plain-English summary
A four-year-old male horse was having trouble walking because of a long-lasting infection in a tendon and its protective sheath. Although he had surgery to clean out the infection, it came back after three months. After thorough examinations, the veterinarians confirmed that he had ongoing inflammation and infection in the tendon. They performed surgery to remove the affected part of the tendon and clean the surrounding area. After the surgery, the horse was able to walk normally again and showed no signs of lameness.
Abstract
A four-year-old gelding was lame owing to a chronic septic common digital extensor tendon and sheath. The horse had been treated by open surgical lavage but the sepsis had recurred after three months. Physical, ultrasonographic, cytological and histological examinations confirmed chronic septic tenosynovitis and tendonitis. The entire intrathecal component of the common digital extensor tendon was resected under general anaesthesia and the synovial lining of the sheath was ablated. Postoperatively the horse regained good limb function and became sound.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10803983/