Conservative Management of a Distal Epiphyseal Metacarpal Fracture in a Skyros Pony

Conservative Management of a Distal Epiphyseal Metacarpal Fracture in a Skyros Pony

Epiphyseal fracture, also known as epiphysiolysis, is the loosening or separation, either partial or complete, of an epiphysis from the shaft of a long bone. Distal epiphyseal fractures in foals pose a substantial challenge due to their guarded prognosis. This report describes the clinical signs, di...

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Main Authors: AMANITI, Eleni-Maria, DIAKAKIS, Nikolaos, PATSIKAS, Michail, SAVVAS, Ioannis
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Japanese Society of Equine Science 2008
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4013946/
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spelling pubmed-40139462014-05-15 Conservative Management of a Distal Epiphyseal Metacarpal Fracture in a Skyros Pony AMANITI, Eleni-Maria DIAKAKIS, Nikolaos PATSIKAS, Michail SAVVAS, Ioannis Note Epiphyseal fracture, also known as epiphysiolysis, is the loosening or separation, either partial or complete, of an epiphysis from the shaft of a long bone. Distal epiphyseal fractures in foals pose a substantial challenge due to their guarded prognosis. This report describes the clinical signs, diagnosis, successful conservative treatment of an 1-month-old, male Skyros pony with an epiphyseal fracture of the right third metacarpal bone (type II Salter-Harris). The owner declined surgical treatment because of financial considerations along with the unfavorable prognosis. Conservative fracture treatment was pursued through external reduction and coaptation. The total duration of the conservative treatment was eighteen weeks and the foal returned to complete health. The Japanese Society of Equine Science 2008-10-24 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC4013946/ /pubmed/24833956 http://dx.doi.org/10.1294/jes.19.57 Text en 2008 The Japanese Society of Equine Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.
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author AMANITI, Eleni-Maria
DIAKAKIS, Nikolaos
PATSIKAS, Michail
SAVVAS, Ioannis
spellingShingle AMANITI, Eleni-Maria
DIAKAKIS, Nikolaos
PATSIKAS, Michail
SAVVAS, Ioannis
Conservative Management of a Distal Epiphyseal Metacarpal Fracture in a Skyros Pony
author_facet AMANITI, Eleni-Maria
DIAKAKIS, Nikolaos
PATSIKAS, Michail
SAVVAS, Ioannis
author_sort AMANITI, Eleni-Maria
title Conservative Management of a Distal Epiphyseal Metacarpal Fracture in a Skyros Pony
title_short Conservative Management of a Distal Epiphyseal Metacarpal Fracture in a Skyros Pony
title_full Conservative Management of a Distal Epiphyseal Metacarpal Fracture in a Skyros Pony
title_fullStr Conservative Management of a Distal Epiphyseal Metacarpal Fracture in a Skyros Pony
title_full_unstemmed Conservative Management of a Distal Epiphyseal Metacarpal Fracture in a Skyros Pony
title_sort conservative management of a distal epiphyseal metacarpal fracture in a skyros pony
description Epiphyseal fracture, also known as epiphysiolysis, is the loosening or separation, either partial or complete, of an epiphysis from the shaft of a long bone. Distal epiphyseal fractures in foals pose a substantial challenge due to their guarded prognosis. This report describes the clinical signs, diagnosis, successful conservative treatment of an 1-month-old, male Skyros pony with an epiphyseal fracture of the right third metacarpal bone (type II Salter-Harris). The owner declined surgical treatment because of financial considerations along with the unfavorable prognosis. Conservative fracture treatment was pursued through external reduction and coaptation. The total duration of the conservative treatment was eighteen weeks and the foal returned to complete health.
publisher The Japanese Society of Equine Science
publishDate 2008
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4013946/
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