Limb fracture during recovery from general anaesthesia : an often tragic complication of equine anaesthesia : clinical communication
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Limb fracture during recovery from general anaesthesia : an often tragic complication of equine anaesthesia : clinical communication | |
| Creator | Dzikiti, T.B. Bester, L. Cilliers, I. Carstens, A. Stegmann, G.F. Hubert, J. | |
| Description | A 10-year-old Thoroughbred mare was presented for lameness of the left hindlimb as a result of an apical fracture of the lateral proximal sesamoid bone. The mare was ultimately euthanased after suffering catastrophic fractures of the 3rd and 4th metatarsal bones of the contra-lateral hindlimb during an uncoordinated attempt to rise during recovery from general anaesthesia after undergoing arthroscopic surgery. The case report focuses mostly on horse anaesthesia-related mortality, anaesthetic procedure in the horse, possible causes of fractures in horses during recovery and ways in which rate of occurrence of these fractures can be minimised. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2008-05-29 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jsava.v79i3.262 | |
| Source | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association; Vol 79, No 3 (2008); 145-148 2224-9435 1019-9128 | |
| Language | eng | |
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