Limb fracture during recovery from general anaesthesia : an often tragic complication of equine anaesthesia

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Dzikiti, Tarisai Brighton
Bester, Lynette
Cilliers, I.
Carstens, Ann
Stegmann, George F.
Hubert, J.

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South African Veterinary Association

Abstract

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.

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Equine, Anaesthetic mortality, Recovery

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Dzikiti, TB, Bester, L, Cilliers, I, Carstens, A, Stegmann, GF & Hubert, J 2008, 'Limb fracture during recovery from general anaesthesia : an often tragic complication of equine anaesthesia', Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, vol. 79, no. 3, pp. 145-148. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_savet.html]