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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
Medical records and lifetime race results were obtained for 61 Standardbred racehorses treated consecutively from 1985 to 1992 with transection of the accessory ligament of the superficial digital flexor tendon (AL-SDF) for tendinitis of one or both forelimbs. A clinical diagnosis of tendinitis was confirmed in all cases by ultrasonographic examination. After surgery, 50 (82%) horses raced and 42 (69%) completed 5 or more starts. Eight horses (13%) failed to start and/or complete 5 or more races due to a recurrence of tendinitis. Six (10%) horses did not start and/or complete 5 or more starts for reasons unrelated to tendinitis and 5 (8%) horses were lost to follow-up. The median time between surgery and the first post operative start was 39 weeks. Fifty-seven per cent of those horses to start after surgery completed 20 or more starts and 40% raced on 40 or more occasions. Of the 42 horses to complete 5 or more races, the median number of post operative starts was 37 at time of follow-up. Thirty-two of 50 (64%) horses to start after surgery established or lowered lifetime racemarks. Thirty-six horses had raced prior to surgery. Thirty-one of 36 (86%) horses returned to racing after treatment of SDF tendinitis with accessory desmotomy (AD) and 27 horses (75%) completed 5 or more starts. Median earnings per start decreased 25% after surgery. Twenty-five horses had not raced prior to surgery. Nineteen (76%) horses in this group were age 2 years at time of injury.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0425-1644
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Transection of the accessory ligament of the superficial digital flexor tendon for treatment of tendinitis: long term results in 61 standardbred racehorses (1985-1992).
pubmed:affiliation
Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't