8 research outputs found
Digital Venography in Horses and Its Clinical Application in Europe.
Clinical diagnostic venography allows in vivo visualization of the digital venous system and the effects of venocompression related to foot load and laminitis pathology. Venography has predictive potential and helps the clinician anticipate and treat laminitis tissue damage before it is detectable by plain radiography. The authors describe the podiatry radiographic technique to correctly perform digital venography and the modifications they have developed. The authors provide guidelines for the interpretation of laminitis venograms in the context of laminitis chronology. Frequent venographic monitoring of laminitis helps clinicians understand the sometimes puzzling chronology of the disease process and improves therapeutic outcome
A singular case of traumatic total hoof capsule avulsion
Total, full thickness hoof wall avulsion is rare in horses.
Sometimes complications such as fracture of the distal
phalanx, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis and degenerative
joint disease have been reported. Limiting motion at the
affected site and hoof stabilisation are essential to
obtain a good hoof regeneration.
This case report reviews the clinical features including
diagnostic techniques (radiographic examination and
venography) of a Quarter Horse filly presented with a
complete and full-thickness traumatic hoof capsule
avulsion complicated by an open fracture of the third
phalanx. A transfixation casting technique was
performed followed after one month by 2 short limb
casts applied for 2 months each. Twenty-four months
after trauma the foot had completely regrown. The
dorsal aspect of the hoof wall appears to be remarkably
shorter compared to the heels. From a radiographic
viewpoint, the lateral aspect of the left hind foot shows
diffuse bone remodelling and a deformed distal phalan