'common Qs' Orthopaedics Flashcards
1
Q
ALDs most commonly affect
A
Carpus, fetlock, hock
2
Q
Tx options ALDs
A
Most correct themselves in first 2 wks life
- exercise restriction
- corrective farriery
- splinting/casting
- periosteal stripping
- temporary transepiphyseal bridging
- corrective osteotomy last resort.
3
Q
Congenital hyperextension
A
Usually premature/dysmature foals - can walk on fetlocks if severe.
Bandage limbs, restrict exercise.
4
Q
Flexural limb deformities most often affect
A
coffin, fetlock and carpal joints
5
Q
Radiographic changes with cervical vertebral stenotic myelopathy
A
- DJD of articular process
- subluxation
- flare of caudal physis
- abnormal ossification
6
Q
Definitive diagnosis of cervical vertebral stenotic myelopathy
A
Myelography - 20% decrease in dural diameter at intervertebral junction.
