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Successful surgical management of a medial humeral epicondyle fracture in a Thoroughbred foal
Author(s) -
Mereu M.,
Perez Olmos J. F.,
Fischer C.,
Mc Nally T. P.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.1111/eve.13286
Subject(s) - foal , medicine , physis , arthrotomy , lameness , epicondyle , humerus , surgery , anatomy , radiography , archaeology , history , arthroscopy
Summary A 2‐week‐old 75 kg Thoroughbred filly was presented for the investigation of an acute forelimb lameness. Radiographs revealed a fracture of the medial epicondylar physis of the left humerus (Salter–Harris type II fracture). The fragment was removed via arthrotomy under general anaesthesia. Two months post‐operatively, the foal was sound and at 2 years had resumed normal turn out. This case report describes a previously unreported surgical treatment for a fracture of the medial epicondylar physis in a foal.