Fetlock conditions Flashcards
Osteochondral fragmentation of P1 (long pastern bone) may not be clinically relevant. How can you diagnose if it is significant or not?
Diagnostic analgesia
Following fragmentation of radiograph
Osteochondral fragmentation of P1 may be due to traumatic origin. How is it treated?
Fragment removal via arthroscopy
Proximal sesamoid bone fractures can be uni or bilateral. What are the 2 potential causes of these?
Trauma
Non-adaptive modelling
What is the treatment for a proximal sesamoid bone fracture if the fracture is in foals or non-articular?
Conservative treatment
What is the treatment for a proximal sesamoid bone fracture if the fracture is in an adult and articular?
Fragment removal if apical
Fragment repair if mid-bodied
What is the treatment for a proximal sesamoid bone fracture if the fracture is biaxial or comminuted?
Euthanasia
What is sesamoiditis? What may it indicate?
Inflammation of the soft tissues of the palmar fetlock
May indicate suspensor ligament branch/annular ligament injury
What horses are prone to sesamoiditis?
Young performance horses
How is sesamoiditis diagnosed?
Ultrasound
What is the treatment for seamoiditis?
Rest
NSAIDs
Cold therapy
Shockwaves if refractory
What are the clinical signs of osteochondrosis of the fetlock?
Usually young horses
With joint effusion
Lameness
What is the treatment for osteochondrosis fragments or osseous cysts of the fetlock?
Surgical removal of fragments
Curettage of the cyst
What intra-articular medications can be used for mild/early osteoarthritis of the fetlock
Hyaluronon
Corticosteroids
What is palmar/plantar osteochondral disease? What is it associated with?
Degenerative condition of distal condyles of racehorses
Steroid use
What may be seen on radiography with palmar/plantar osteochondral disease?
Sclerosis (increased bone density)
Change in contour of subchondral bone
