Analgesia usually occurs within 5 min after administration of local anaesthetic solution into joints or around nerves in the distal portion of the limb. Gait should be assessed within 10 min after diagnostic regional analgesia of the distal portion of the limb because rapid diffusion of anaesthetic ...

Background: Horses with palmar foot pain do not show a typical increase in temperature in the palmar aspect of the hoof and heel due to low blood flow. The objectives of the current study were to determine the changes and differences in the thermographic pattern of the sole surface in horses with...

Diagnostic analgesia of the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint is theoretically helpful to localize the source of pain in the foot to the joint and/or navicular bursa. However, it has been suggested that potential diffusion of local anesthetic agent to nearby distal limb nerves may anesthetize...

Reasons for performing study: The differential diagnosis of foot pain has long proved difficult and the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers the opportunity to further the clinical understanding of the subject. Objectives: To determine the incidence of deep digital flexor tendon (DDFT)...

Most of the preventive measures for supporting limb laminitis (SLL) in horses are based on the following five objectives: provide musculoskeletal and neuropathic analgesia; maintain adequate vascular perfusion of the at-risk digit; provide axial and external support to the at-risk digit; minimize...

Foot pain is a common presenting complaint in Warmblood horses. The aim of this retrospective, cross-sectional study was to determine the spectrum of foot lesions detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in Warmblood horses used for dressage, jumping, and eventing. The medical records of 550...

The analgesic specificity of navicular bursa (NB) anesthetic infiltration is still questionable. The study aimed to determine the mechanical nociceptive threshold of non-specific analgesia in the dorsal lamellar stratum, as well as in the sole, coronary band, and heel bulbs of the hoof, after...

Therapeutic hypothermia has since been studied extensively and has achieved variable clinical adoption as a preventive as well as a therapeutic agent in human patients with traumatic brain injury, stroke, cardiac arrest, and neonatal encephalopathy. The major effects of hypothermia on tissue...

This study was conducted to assess the different techniques of diagnostic anaesthesia used in the feet of horses with lameness and to compare the results with the subjective assessment of veterinarians with different levels of experience. It was shown that in 22 horses with lameness in Germany,...

An 18-year-old Quarter Horse mare was evaluated because of moderate left forelimb lameness of 4 weeks' duration. The clinical evaluation and diagnostic perineural analgesia localized the lameness to the distal portion of the left forelimb. There was swelling on the dorsal and lateral aspect of the...