Long-term outcome after surgical treatment of a congenital flexor tendon deformity in a pony

Document Type : Case report

Authors

• Gülsüm Ülke ÇALIŞKAN ¹
• Göksen ÇEÇEN AYALP ²
• Hakan SALCI ²
• Nureddin ÇELİMLİ ³

¹ Veterinary Department, Ihsangazi Vocational School, Kastamonu University, 37250, Kastamonu, Turkey.

² Faculty of Vet Med, Department of Surgery, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.

³ Akademi Veterinary Clinics Nilüfer 16110 Bursa, Turkey.

10.22067/veterinary.v12i2.87593

Abstract

Equine congenital or acquired flexor tendon deformity can occur immediately after birth or at any stage in the first 24 months of life. The long term prognosis after treating a severe flexor tendon deformity in horses may be poor. Although unfavorable prognosis of flexion deformities is a concept, but results of this presented case reveals that performing an appropriate treatment without any complications, will result in a functional improvement even in older patients, such as in this very case. The aim of this report is to present the long-term outcomes after the surgical treatment and  postoperative supports of a congenital flexor tendon deformity in a pony.

Keywords

• Limb Deformities
• Congenital
• Tenotomy
• Pony

20.1001.1.2008465.2020.12.2.12.0

Main Subjects

• Equine

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