Limb fracture during recovery from general anaesthesia : an often tragic complication of equine anaesthesia : clinical communication | Zendy

Brighton T. Dzikiti | Zendy; Lynette Bester | Zendy; I. Cilliers | Zendy; Ann Carstens | Zendy; G.F. Stegmann | Zendy; J. Hubert | Zendy

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Limb fracture during recovery from general anaesthesia : an often tragic complication of equine anaesthesia : clinical communication

Author(s) -

Brighton T. Dzikiti,

Lynette Bester,

I. Cilliers,

Ann Carstens,

G.F. Stegmann,

J. Hubert

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

journal of the south african veterinary association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535

H-Index - 31

eISSN - 2224-9435

pISSN - 1019-9128

DOI - 10.4102/jsava.v79i3.262

Subject(s) - lameness , medicine , general anaesthesia , regional anaesthesia , horse , surgery , anesthesia , sesamoid bone , hindlimb , recovery rate , radiography , anatomy , paleontology , biology , chemistry , chromatography

A 10-year-old Thoroughbred mare was presented for lameness of the left hindlimb as a result of an apical fracture of the lateral proximal sesamoid bone. The mare was ultimately euthanased after suffering catastrophic fractures of the 3rd and 4th metatarsal bones of the contra-lateral hindlimb during an uncoordinated attempt to rise during recovery from general anaesthesia after undergoing arthroscopic surgery. The case report focuses mostly on horse anaesthesia-related mortality, anaesthetic procedure in the horse, possible causes of fractures in horses during recovery and ways in which rate of occurrence of these fractures can be minimised.

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