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P-3 Fracture
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bar shoe, unless extensor process, then surgery
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P-2 fracture
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proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis
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non-comminuted P-1 fracture
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Lag screws
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proximal sesamoids fracture
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usually remove fragment. If mid-body use hemicerclage wire or screw compression
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lateral condylar fracture
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lag screws
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medial condylar fractures
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lag screws +/- plates, can get catastrophic fracture
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dorsal cortical stress fractures of Mc-3
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"saucer" fracture. Rest or osteostixis
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dorsal splint bone fractures
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associated with suspensory desmitis. Surgically excise
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middle and proximal splint bone fractures
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internal fixation if proximal. If mid-shaft can also do excision
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carpal and tarsal slab fractures
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screw fixation for carpal. Rest for tarsal
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severely comminuted P-1 fracture
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External fixation- customized or transfixation cast
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traumatic disruption of suspensory apparatus
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fetlock arthrodesis
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diaphyseal MC-3 and MT-3 fractures
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2 DCP plates (guarded for survival)
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ulnar fractures
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ONE DCP plate or pins and wires in small horses (tension band)
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radius fractures
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splint if non-displaced. 2 DCPs if surgery
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humerus fracture
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conservative treatment if minimally displaced, 2 DCPs if surgery or interockign nail, intramedullary stack pinning
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scapular fractures
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rest, excercise, lag screws
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tibial fracture
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2 DCPS
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femoral fracture
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2 DCPs, interlocking nail, intramedullary pinning
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what tendon/ligament do thoroughbreds damage?
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forelimb SDF and suspensory ligament
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what tendon/ligament do standardbreds injure?
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hindlimb suspensory ligament (suspensory branch desmitis)
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What does BAPN do?
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Reduces cross-linking of collagen
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What does hyaluronan and PSGAGs do?
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Reduce adhesions in tendon sheaths
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When do you do superior check ligament desmotomy and annular ligament desmotomy?
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For superficial digital flexor tendinitis
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Where is the inferior check ligament?
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behind the knee
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When do you tendon splitting?
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for acute lesions (SDF tendinitis)
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Where does SDF tendon insert?
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P1 and P2
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WHere does DDF tendon insert?
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solar surface of P3
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If DDF is lacerated what happens?
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Toe flips up
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How do you treat laceration of SDF or DDF tendons?
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Cast immobilize over 8 weeks. Heel extension shoe.
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What are complications of extensor tendon laceration?
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sequestration, synovial structure sepsis, dehiscence, stringhalt
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How long is the lay off for proximal suspensory ligament desmitis?
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8 months
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What are signs of degenerative suspensory ligament disease?
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Fetlock drops.
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WHAT IS SIGN OF EXTENSOR TENDON LACERATION?
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knuckle. Can't flip toe forward.
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What is the surgery to correct upward fixation of the patella?
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medial patellar ligament desmotomy. (don't usually do, usually strengthen quadriceps to fix)
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What is curb?
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long plantar ligament desmitis
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How do you treat stringhalt?
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lateral digital extensor tendon tenectomy to reduce proprioceptive stimulus
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What couples the stifle and hock?
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peronius tertius
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What happens when the gastrocnemius tendon is cut?
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caudal component of reciprocal apparatus is destroyed
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Which muscles are effected by fibrotic myopathy?
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semitendinosis, semimembranosis, biceps
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Until what age can you do periosteal stripping and tran-physeal bridging in the fetlock?
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4 weeks
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Until what age can you do periosteal stripping and transphyseal bridging in the tarsus?
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4 months
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Until what age can you do periosteal stripping and transphyseal bridging in the carpus?
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6 months
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Where are acquired flexural deformities?
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fetlock, coffin
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Where are congenital flexural deformities?
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fetlock, carpus
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What is club foot?
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coffin joint contracture
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What drugs do you give when conservatively treating flexural deformities?
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NSAIDs and Oxytetracycline
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What surgery can be used for severe carpal flexural deformity?
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ulnaris lateralis and flexor carpi ulnaris transection
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How do you correct an acquired distal interphalangeal joint flexural deformity?
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inferior check ligament desmotomy
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How do you correct an acquired fetlock joint flexural deformity?
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superior check ligament desmotomy
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