Neurolytic compounds are widely used by equine practitioners for the management of lameness, mostly related to the foot. The present study aimed to evaluate the neurotoxicity of 2% ammonium chloride (2% AC) applied adjacent to the palmar digital nerves in six miniature horses. The 2% AC and 0.9%...

Reasons for performing study: There is limited knowledge of the foot lesions that influence the outcome of palmar/plantar digital neurectomy (PDN). Objectives: (1) To report the short- and long-term outcomes of horses that underwent PDN to alleviate chronic foot pain due to lesions diagnosed by...

Objective: To determine the effectiveness and incidence of complications of palmar digital neurectomy using the guillotine technique in horses presented for lameness originating from sites innervated by these nerves. Design: Retrospective study of 24 clinical cases. Animals: Twenty-four horses...

The aim of this study was to evaluate experimentally the possibility of using a silicon tubular prostheses as a method to prevent axonal regeneration as well as neuroma, painful or not, after palmar digital nerve neurectomy in horses submitted to guillotine technique and to compare this to...

Objective - To determine functional and morphologic changes in palmar digital nerves after nonfocused extracorporeal shock wave (ESW) treatment in horses. Animals - 6 horses. Procedures - The medial and lateral palmar digital nerves of the left forelimb were treated with nonfocused ESWs. The medial ...

Surgical neurectomy of palmar (sometimes plantar) nerves may be used to limit or eliminate foot pain in horses. The technique is old and developed at a time when diagnostic and therapeutic means were rudimentary. Complications were rapidly demonstrated, but not quantified. Similarly, various...

Thermography is a non-contact, non-invasive technique that detects surface heat emitted as infrared radiation. Because skin temperature reflects the status of underlying tissue metabolism and blood circulation, abnormal thermal patterns can signify areas of superficial inflammation. The objective...

Two methods employed for palmar digital neurectomy are the guillotine and epineural capping techniques. The present investigation was primarily conducted to compare the histhopatological effects of the techniques mentioned above. Ten Guillotines and the Epineural capping neurectomy were performed...

The medical records of 57 horses that had palmar digital neurectomy performed between 1984 and 1990 were reviewed. Neurectomies were performed either by transection and electrocoagulation (47 horses) or by the guillotine technique (10 horses). Middle-aged geldings, Quarter Horses, and Thoroughbreds ...

Biaxial palmar digital neurectomy of all limbs was performed on 6 mixed-breed castrated adult male horses, using a standard guillotine method. Using a Teflon catheter, 20 mg (2 ml) of sodium hyaluronate (group 1), 2 ml of phosphate-buffered saline solution (group 2), or catheter placement with no...