title: Treatment of medial condylar fractures of the third metatarsus in three horses with fibreglass casts under standing neuroleptanalgesia.
abstract: Minimally displaced condylar fractures propagating into the third metatarsal diaphysis were treated conservatively in one thoroughbred and two Arabian racehorses. In each case a neuroleptanalgesic protocol provided adequate pain relief for a rigid fibreglass cast to be applied in a weight-bearing position. The fractures healed completely and the three horses recovered uneventfully. Two of them returned successfully to racing and the third was used for breeding.
authors.affiliation: Liphook Equine Hospital, Forest Mere, Liphook, Hampshire.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johanson
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002370:Casts, Surgical / Q000662:veterinary*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D006736:Horses / Q000293:injuries*; D007794:Lameness, Animal / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D009458:Neuroleptanalgesia / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome