Evaluation and treatment of an adult quarter horse with an unusual fracture of the humerus and septic arthritis.
Humeral fractures are rare and usually carry a guarded prognosis in adult horses. This paper describes the evaluation and the successful surgical management of a fracture of the lateral supracondyloid crest and part of the epicondyle of the humerus in an adult quarter horse.
Mitchell
Colin
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Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3.
Riley
Christopher B
CB
D000818:Animals; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D005552:Forelimb; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D006736:Horses / Q000293:injuries*; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D007794:Lameness, Animal; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies