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Limb fracture during recovery from general anaesthesia : an often tragic complication of equine anaesthesia : clinical communication
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association | Vol 79, No 3 | a262 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v79i3.262
| © 2008 T.B. Dzikiti, L. Bester, I. Cilliers, A. Carstens, G.F. Stegmann, J. Hubert
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 29 May 2008 | Published: 29 May 2008
Submitted: 29 May 2008 | Published: 29 May 2008
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T.B. Dzikiti,L. Bester,
I. Cilliers,
A. Carstens,
G.F. Stegmann,
J. Hubert,
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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.
Keywords
Equine; Anaesthetic Mortality; Recovery
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