Case history: Medical records were reviewed of horses (n=7) undergoing surgery for fracture of one or more facial bones extending into the paranasal sinuses that was repaired primarily within 24 hours of the time of injury using a rotational periosteal flap, between April 2009 and May 2017. A kick...

Objective: To describe the repair of unstable facial fractures by using Foley catheter balloons as intrasinus bolsters. Study design: Case report. Animals: Two weanling foals with unilateral fractures of the sinus and orbit secondary to kick injuries. Preoperative imaging that included positive...

A 7-year-old, 453 kg, thoroughbred-cross mare showed depression, severe nasal bleeding, diffuse swelling, and distortion of the facial contour. Physical and radiographic examinations revealed an open nasal bone fracture. Surgery was conducted under sedation with the horse in a standing position....

Melanoma is a common neoplasm in horses, with a high rate of incidence in the perineum and ventral tail. Surgical excision is often recommended to remove such masses and can be achieved in the standing horse either via local infiltration of local anaesthetic, or via epidural administration of a...

Objective: To report the surgical reconstruction of a complicated orbital depression fracture in a horse with emphasis on medial wall and globe repositioning. Study Design: Clinical report. Animals: A 6 year old Irish Sport Horse gelding. Methods: The eventer presented with acute, severe orbital...

Hydrocolloid dressing is a bioactive product used to improve the healing process of large open wounds. In March 2011, a horse was evaluated at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital-UNICENTRO, Guarapuava, Brazil. The animal presented with epistaxis and inspiratory dyspnoea associated with ...

A definitive diagnosis of extensive suture line exostoses affecting the nasofrontal, nasolacrimal, nasomaxillary, frontolacrimal, lacrimozygomatic and lacrimomaxillary suture lines in a 7-year-old Thoroughbred mare with chronic bilateral epiphora and facial deformation was achieved using standing...

It is sometimes difficult to know which medical imaging technique to use to establish a diagnosis in cases of facial deformity. Several major types of damage may be involved, such as fractures, infectious lesions and neoplasia. Other conditions are also observed, such as dentigerous orsinonasal...

We report an unusual case of a young Quarter Horse with a large dental fracture fragment displaced into the maxillary sinus, leaving an oroantral communication that caused food impaction and metaplastic calcification in the sinus and facial deformation with cutaneous fistulation. Oral extraction of ...

Background: In people, specific classifications of temporal bone fractures are associated with clinical signs and prognosis. In horses, similar classifications have not been evaluated and might be useful establishing prognosis or understanding pathogenesis of certain types of trauma....