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EQUINE DISTAL PHALANGEAL SEQUESTRATION
Author(s) -
Baird A.M.,
Seahorn T.L.,
Morris E.L.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
veterinary radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 0196-3627
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1990.tb01815.x
Subject(s) - lameness , medicine , phalanx , debridement (dental) , surgery , lesion , surgical debridement
Sequestra of the right rear distal phalanx were diagnosed radiographically in four horses. The horses were treated by surgical debridement of the lesion with systemic and/or local antimicrobial therapy. Clinical signs of lameness subsided within days of surgery and all four horses returned to use.