MSK 2

Question 1

does a broken back foot have long or short DDFT

Answer 1

long

Question 2

what is podotrochlear apparatus

Answer 2

1. DDFT
2. suspensory ligament
3. collateral sesamoid ligament
4. distal sesamoidean impar ligament
5. distal interphalangeal joint
6. navicular bursa
7. navicular bone

Question 3

dx of the podotrochlear apparatus

Answer 3

fibrocartilage erosion
adhesions
cysts
flexor tendon fibrillation
navicular bursitis

Question 4

dx pathophysiology of podotrochlear apparatus

Answer 4

repitiive low grade trauma (compression)

Question 5

dx of dx of podotrochlear apparatus

Answer 5

land toe first
low grade gradual lameness
7+ invaginations on MRI

Question 6

tx for navicular dx

Answer 6

1. shorten toe
2. graduated heels
3. PBZ or steroids
4. bisphosphonates
5. navicular bursoscopy

Question 7

how to tx solar bruise

Answer 7

NSAIDs
rest
glue on shoes

Question 8

what is a corn

Answer 8

bruise at angle edge of shoe

Question 9

foot abscess dx

Answer 9

hoof testers
also (heat, bounding digital pulse, gas on radiograph)

Question 10

tx for foot abscess

Answer 10

drainage
Mg salt foot bath
tetanus

Question 11

where does keratoma form

Answer 11

between laminae and hoof wall

Question 12

recurrent foot abscess may be caused by

Answer 12

keratoma
septic pedal osteitis

Question 13

what is pedal osteitis

Answer 13

inflammation of distal phalanx (demineralization of bone margin)

Question 14

sx tx for septic pedal osteitis

Answer 14

debride - standing or GA

Question 15

what is quittor? possible causes?

Answer 15

infection of collateral cartilage.

causes - hoof wall crack, puncture wound, chronic abscess.

Question 16

what is seedy toe

Answer 16

white line dx (extends up stratum medium)

Question 17

what to do for WLD/seedy toe

Answer 17

clean environment
shoe to protect exposed sole

Question 18

what is sidebone

Answer 18

mineralization of collateral cartilage –> doesn’t cause lameness

Question 19

what to do for distal phalanx fx

Answer 19

external or internal coaptation

Question 20

thrush vs canker

Answer 20

both F. necroforum
thrush = pododermititis of frog, tx = debride + foot bath + clean env

canker = dermatitis of frog and bulbs, cheesy exudate tx = radical repeat debridment

Question 21

where is danger zone for solar penetration

Answer 21

middle (bc of synovial structures)